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The Spectre Bride

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The night Ralph Hagadorn started out for Echo Bay he felt as if he were the only man in the world, so complete was the solitude through which he was passing. He was going over to attend the wedding of his best friend, and was, in fact, to act as the groomsman. Business had delayed him, and he was compelled to make his journey at night.
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Ghost Stories

The Burglar’s Ghost

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I was once under the firm conviction that I had been largely helped up the ladder of life by the ghost of a once well-known burglar.
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Ghost Stories

The Phantom Woman

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He took an all-possessing, burning fancy to her from the first. She was neither young nor pretty, so far as he could see—but she was wrapped round with mystery.
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Fairy Tales

The Three Little Men in the Woods

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Once upon a time there lived a man, whose wife had died; and a woman, also, who had lost her husband: and this man and this woman had each a daughter. These two maidens were friendly with each other, and used to walk together, and one day they came by the widow's house.
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Famous Folklore

Pegasus and the Chimaera

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In a certain country of Asia, a terrible monster, called a Chimæra, had made its appearance, and was doing more mischief than could be talked about between now and sunset.
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Legends

King Alfred and the Beggar

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At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a little island in a river.
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Grimms Fairy Tales

The Three Feathers

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When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his end, he wished to leave the crown to one of his three sons, but could not decide to which. He thereupon settled that they should travel, and that the one who could obtain the most splendid carpet should ascend the throne when he died.
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Aesop's Fables

The Bundle of Sticks

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Add New Post Save draft Preview (opens in a new tab) Publish Add title The Bundle of Sticks A certain Father had a family of Sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves. No words he could say did the least good, so he cast about in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
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Fairy Tales

Cow’s Head

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Soon after her father's remarriage, Oksana found that all the housework fell to her while her step-sister Olena idled her days away....
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Ghost Stories

The Phantom Hag

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oward the close of the autumn of 1858 I visited one of my friends, sub-prefect of a little city in the center of France. Albert was an old companion of my youth, and I had been present at his wedding.
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S. E. Schlosser
S. E. Schlosser
Editor of WorldFolklore.net and AmericanFolklore.net, S.E. Schlosser is the author of the Spooky Series by Globe Pequot Press. She has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length tales acted out with friends. A graduate of both Houghton College and the Institute of Children's Literature, Sandy received her MLS from Rutgers University while working as a full-time music teacher and a freelance author.

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