From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Don Freeman  wrote:   
      
   > On 9/3/2016 9:35 AM, Charles Bishop wrote:   
   > > Over in alt.usage.english urban legends came up and someone thought they   
   > > had to be false, made up. I pointed out that they can be true and showed   
   > > the definition found on snopes.com.   
   > >   
   > > I wondered if the fact that they can be true and still be urban legends   
   > > was mentioned by Jan Harold Brunvand in any of his books?   
   > >   
   >   
   > In the preface to "Curses! Broiled Again!", Brunvand does imply that in   
   > his statement:   
   >   
   > "Sometimes actual events (...) generate urban legends, but legends about   
   > real incidents get so localized and stylized that they soon exist   
   > independently as oral stories, detached from their origins.  For   
   > example, a few cars really have been filled with concrete, and perhaps   
   > one such case started the legend.  But the events described did not   
   > occur in all the times and places where 'The Solid Concrete Cadillac' is   
   > told."   
      
   Thanks for that.   
   >   
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