For half a decade, the Daily Bonnet has brought you the most reliable information about Mennonites the Internet can provide. Well, starting this week, we’re introducing a new fact checking segment. There’s a lot of misinformation out there, and we here at the Daily Bonnet are ready and willing to set things straight.

Today we’ll be looking at hex signs.

What is a hex sign you might ask?

Well, if you’ve ever travelled around in Pennsylvania Dutch territory, you’ll notice this traditional fraktur art on many of the barns of the so-called “Fancy Dutch.” The Fancy Dutch are the Pennsylvania Dutch who are not Mennonite or Amish. But just what do these hex signs mean? Well, it’s a commonly held belief that a hex sign on the outside of a barn means that the owners are swingers. But is that tru

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