Hello, was just wondering if any of you know of any urban legends, folklore or myth's for your local area?
To start things off I will tell you mine (footy fans may of heard about this one).
The monkey hanging - It's known by all the locals in my town that we once hung a monkey. A french merchant ship had wrecked off the coast and a monkey was washed ashore. The then towns people at the time could (obviously, it was a monkey) thought it was a french spy so duely hung the poor beast.
Well thats one version another one believed to be more likely to be true is that a powder monkey from the ship was hung. French ship, french powder monkey (young boy who put the gun powder in the cannons).
Either way not a cool legend but it's part of my towns history.
lucydru
To start things off I will tell you mine (footy fans may of heard about this one).
The monkey hanging - It's known by all the locals in my town that we once hung a monkey. A french merchant ship had wrecked off the coast and a monkey was washed ashore. The then towns people at the time could (obviously, it was a monkey) thought it was a french spy so duely hung the poor beast.
Well thats one version another one believed to be more likely to be true is that a powder monkey from the ship was hung. French ship, french powder monkey (young boy who put the gun powder in the cannons).
Either way not a cool legend but it's part of my towns history.
lucydru