Copyright © 1989 by Jan Harold Brunvand

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First published as a Norton paperback 1990

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN 978-0-393-34673-2 (ebook)

Brunvand, Jan Harold.

Curses! broiled again!: the hottest urban legends going / Jan

Harold Brunvand.—1st ed.

p.    cm.

Includes index.

1. Urban folklore—United States. 2. Legends—United States.

3. United States—Social life and customs. I. Title.

GR105.B688 1989

398.2’09173’2—dc19       89–2883

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