URBAN LEGENDS
(excerpts from posts)
(If you want to retell any of the stories listed below, be sure to obtain permission from the copyright holder if the material is not in the public domain)

1) Hey! Forward THIS! Varieties of Netlore: Urban Legends by E-mail:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa051999.htm

2) Animal Folklore: Fish and Aquatic Life (urban legends)
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/fish/index.htm

3) I happened to pick up a copy of Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand. I picked it up because, generally speaking, urban legends are not my cup of tea - but I sometimes like to poke around in places I might not normally go. Anyway, what I find for me . . . I found at two references to stories I have been researching. One of the stories I knew might be an urban legend, the other was a French Canadian folktale - whose type I found referenced - this was very helpful because I had had a hard time finding any info on the folktale at all. And on top of it all, I found out some interesting debunking on popular 'myths'.

4) I recently refound this link to a website which explains the terminaology and background of the study of "urban legends." It may be of intrest to some Storytellers:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/murbanlegend.html
Fran S. 5/17/05
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(This web page updated 6/18/05)