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Ohio Urban, Suburban and Rural Legends and Folklore Ohio Urban, Suburban and Rural Legends and Folklore: Legends and folktales from Ohio towns and neighborhoods. (American) http://www.zonefreecleveland.com/urban_&_suburban_legends.htm White Cong and Black Clap: The Ambient Truth of Vietnam War Legendry White Cong and Black Clap: The Ambient Truth of Vietnam War Legendry: Article by John Baky discussing legendary motifs occurring in print and opinion about the Vietnam war. (American) http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Scholarly/Baky_White_Cong_01.html Paul Bunyan - The Giant Lumberjack Paul Bunyan - The Giant Lumberjack: Illustrated version of the American tall tale. (American) http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.html Arizona Ghost Stories Arizona Ghost Stories: True Arizona ghost stories submitted by readers. (American) http://www.concentric.net/~xymetrix/ghosts/ghosts.shtml Jamaica Anansi Stories Jamaica Anansi Stories: By Martha Warren Beckwith (1924), with music and riddles; e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. (American) http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/ Haitian Proverbs, Riddles, Jokes and Folktales Haitian Proverbs, Riddles, Jokes and Folktales: Collection compiled by Bob Corbett (in Creole and English). (American) http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/008.html Las Lloronas - The Crying Women Las Lloronas - The Crying Women: Hispanic ghost stories of women betrayed by love and lovers. (American) http://www.angelfire.com/ok/sayona/ AppLit: Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults AppLit: Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults: Annotated materials, folklore texts and original literature from and about the southern Appalachian region. (American) http://www.ferrum.edu/AppLit American Folklore American Folklore: Folktales, myths, legends, tall tales and ghost stories from each of the 50 states, as well as sections on Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Jesse James. (American) http://www.americanfolklore.net/ Puerto Rican Folktales Puerto Rican Folktales: Curriculum by Doris M. Vazquez, offering an introduction to Puerto Rican storytelling, with sample tales, and annotated bibliography. (American) http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/2/93.02.12.x.html Welcome to the Banks of the Mississippi River Welcome to the Banks of the Mississippi River: Three sample stories of upper Mississippi river lore, from the book "Wildcat Whistle" by Phil Hoebing. (American) http://websites.quincy.edu/~hoebiph/ The Boy & The Devil The Boy & The Devil: A Cuento from the Texas borderland. (American) http://www.rain.org/~galvan/boydevil.html African-American Almanac: Folktales African-American Almanac: Folktales: Large number of Afro-American folktales. (American) http://www.toptags.com/aama/tales/tales.htm Yaffles & Yaffles Yaffles & Yaffles: Baccalieu Trail fairy stories (Newfoundland). (American) http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/mayad/fairies/ Livia de Almeida's Home for Brazilian Stories Livia de Almeida's Home for Brazilian Stories: Featuring a halloween tale, the legend of The Three Wishes, and a Bororo myth, "How the Stars Came To Be." (American) http://www.tiac.net/users/papajoe/toolbox/guests/livia/home.htm Folklore, Legends, Tall Tales - An Interactive Case Book for Ford Knox County, Indiana Folklore, Legends, Tall Tales - An Interactive Case Book for Ford Knox County, Indiana: Stories gathered from old newspaper clippings as well as stories submitted by WWW readers. (American) http://rking.vinu.edu/folklore.htm Index of Appalachian Folktales Listed by Tale Title Index of Appalachian Folktales Listed by Tale Title: Bibliography, tale types, and abstracts of tales. (American) http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/tales/ Magic Tales of Mexico Magic Tales of Mexico: Tales from the Texas Mexican border, collected by Gabriel A. Cordova Jr. (American) http://www.g-world.org/magictales/magictales.shtml Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan: Stories about the legendary giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. (American) http://www.newnorth.net/~bmorren/bunyan.html Newfoundland and Labrador Folklore Newfoundland and Labrador Folklore: Songs, stories, placenames and jokes from Newfoundland. (American) http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/folklore.html The Devil Does A Good Deed The Devil Does A Good Deed: Excerpted from the book "Mexican Folk Tales", by Anthony John Campos. (American) http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/samples/sam82.htm Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project: An ongoing undertaking to collect, preserve and make better known the folklore, especially the folksongs, of Americans in war. (American) http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/folksongs/ Mules and Men Mules and Men: African American folklore collected by famous folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, published in 1935. (American) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Grand-Jean/Hurston/Chapters/index.html Bawdy Ballads and Far-Fetched Folklore - An Oral History of Rural North Carolina Bawdy Ballads and Far-Fetched Folklore - An Oral History of Rural North Carolina: Ballads and folktales, including an interactive section. (American) http://www.ibiblio.org/bawdy/ About.com: French-Canadian Myths and Legends About.com: French-Canadian Myths and Legends: Articles, stories and links, hosted by guide Johanne Pouliot. (American) http://frenchcaculture.about.com/msubleg.htm The Texas & Oklahoma Campfire Tales The Texas & Oklahoma Campfire Tales: Regional folklore and legends from the Texas and Oklahoma area; topics include ghostly apparitions, mysterious creatures, and strange sightings. (American) http://members.tripod.com/oklatexcampfire/ Louisiana Langiappe Louisiana Langiappe: Louisiana ghost stories, traiteur tales, lore, and tales from the African tradition. (American) http://www.nicholls.edu/engl-wsr/louisiana/ Folk Lore and the Civil War Folk Lore and the Civil War: Listing of publications on folklore of the Civil War, presented by Frank de Caro. (American) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/inter-aspects/lorepaper.htm American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940 American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940: Collection of typescript interviews from the Federal Writers' Folklore Project offering the recollections of Americans from many walks of life. (American) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html Uncle Remus Uncle Remus: History and ethnology research project of Joe Harris' tales of Uncle Remus; includes selected texts. (American) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/remus.html Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana: Multimedia website examining Louisiana's cultural diversity through its traditional storytellers. (American) http://www.lpb.org/programs/swappingstories/ Gullah Tales Gullah Tales: Tales and traditions of the African-American communities on the South Carolina an Georgia Sea islands. (American) http://www.knowitall.org/gullahtales/ Thinkquest: Chiloé, A Land of Myths and Legend Thinkquest: Chiloé, A Land of Myths and Legend: Student project outlining legends from Chiloé Island in the south of Chile. (American) http://library.thinkquest.org/C005968F/