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Dolph Heyliger

New York was New Amsterdam when Dolph Heyliger got himself born there,—a graceless scamp, though a brave, good-natured one,

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Categories Folk Tales, Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land Volume II: The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby, North American Folktales, US Folktales Tags Fiction

The Knell at the Wedding

A young New Yorker had laid such siege to the heart of a certain belle—this was back in the Knickerbocker days when people married for love—that everybody said the banns were as good as published;

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Categories Folk Tales, Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land Volume II: The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby, North American Folktales, US Folktales Tags Fiction

Roistering Dirck Van Dara

In the days when most of New York stood below Grand Street, a roistering fellow used to make the rounds of the taverns nightly, accompanied by a friend named Rooney.

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Categories Folk Tales, Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land Volume II: The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby, North American Folktales, US Folktales Tags Fiction

The Party from Gibbet Island

Ellis Island, in New York harbor, once bore the name of Gibbet Island, because pirates and mutineers were hanged there in chains. During the times when it was devoted to this fell

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Categories Folk Tales, Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land Volume II: The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby, North American Folktales, US Folktales Tags Fiction

Miss Britton’s Poker

The maids of Staten Island wrought havoc among the royal troops who were quartered among them during the Revolution. Near quarantine, in an old house,—

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The Devil’s Stepping-Stones

When the devil set a claim to the fair lands at the north of Long Island Sound, his claim was disputed by the Indians, who prepared to fight for their homes should he attempt to serve his writ of ejectment.

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Four Things

The world is supported by four things:

  • The learning of the wise
  • The justice of the great
  • The prayers of the righteous and
  • The valor of the brave

But, all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Sun Rise

Every morning in Africa, when the Sun rises, a deer awakens, knowing it has to outrun the fastest lion, or, be hunted to death …

Every morning in Africa, when the Sun rises, a lion awakens, knowing it has to outrun the slowest deer, or, be starved to death …

It does not matter whether you are a deer or lion, when the Sun rises, better be running at your best.

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