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Aesop's Fables
Searchable collection of Aesop's Fables with reader commentary.
AFU and Urban Legends Archive
Material from the alt.folklore.urban usenet group.
Anecdotes
Funny stories about famous people from Yeats to Gates, arranged by theme.
Apotropaios
Brian Hoggard describes and explains the history of house protection magic in Britain. Photographs of artefacts are presented and explanations for their use discussed.
Astral Healer
Give information on how to break hexes and curses.
Beasts and Citizens, Forty Fables of La Fontaine
http://www.beastsandcitizens.com/
Book and CD presentation with seven sample fables (also MP3), as translated by Craig Hill; includes biography of de La Fontaine.
Celtic Twilight
http://www.celtic-twilight.com/
Online texts of Irish myths and legends, the legends of Camelot and Charlemagne, and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, with links.
Country Tales
Fifty fables with a rural theme.
Creative Proverbs from Around the World
http://www.creativeproverbs.com/
Search or browse 12,000 proverbs from 300 cultures and countries.
De Proverbio
Electronic journal devoted to paremiology (study of proverbs) and paremiography (collection of proverbs), presenting excerpts of scholarly articles, proverb collections, and bibliographies.
Deliberately Concealed Garments Project
http://www.concealedgarments.org/
The Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton explores the folk tradition of concealing objects in the fabric of buildings. Includes a database of garment finds.
Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings
Presentation of the English/Spanish "Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings" with sample pages.
Droodle Archive
Weekly archived riddles in pictures.
Envasion: Making Paranoia Fun Again
E-zine dedicated to urban legends, paranoia, and conspiracy theories.
Eulahlie's Southern Fairy Tales
Southern history and tradition through the eyes of Eulahlie, a Cajun girl.


