Myths and Legends of Our Own Land

America's own folklore, collected county by county: the treasure and the cats at Harry Main's, the headless skeleton of Swamptown, the storm ship of New Haven, and several hundred more.

The Coffin of Snakes

3 pages in this part of Myths and Legends of Our Own Land.

The Coffin of Snakes

O one knew how it was that Lizon gained the love of Julienne, at L'Anse Creuse (near Detroit), for she was a girl of sweet and pious…

The Coffin of Snakes: Julienne

Yet Julienne deserted her comfortable home and went to live with this disreputable scamp in his disreputable tavern, to the scandal of the…

The Coffin of Snakes: Manitou-who

N MACKINACK O'T only was Mackinack the birthplace of Hiawatha: it was the home of God himself-Gitchi Manitou, or Mitchi Manitou-who placed…

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