The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155557   Message #3661467
Posted By: Lighter
18-Sep-14 - 07:48 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Is this an urban myth?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Is this an urban myth?
> and I think everybody does.

Suggesting that most of them are "urban legends" (as they are officially called).

Even if such things do happen, the story in the abstract is still an "urban legend" because it's *also* being circulated anonymously and generically, even if we can't always tell in which particular instance.

Meanwhile, several David Langs have appeared on Facebook. Which one is from 1880? (And can you blame him for calling out "Help me!"?)