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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 4368760, member: 7724&quot;]the Amish and Hutterites certainly brought over remnants of the old Alpine culture and techniques.</p><p>the furniture was pegged and held together with wooden dowels because they were disassembled for tavelling - in springtime up the mountains to the Maiensäss&nbsp; (may settlement) in higher valleys, where they lived and some still live with their kettle from may to september/october. there they also produce cheese.</p><p>for pegging and pushing in dowels you need a stone and not more. </p><p>some people also think that it has religious roots because it&#039;s &quot;arrogance&quot; and against God&#039;s nature to schlepp iron stuff up the mountains when God provides you with everything you need - possibly more due to practical reasons because even today you need two days by foot when you forgot your steel hammer, screws and bolts ...</p><p><br /></p><p>as fit as a cow...</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]WSTDovzke9c[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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