On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:18:26 -0700, Mark Thorson
> wrote:

>Kenneth wrote:
>>
>> But seriously, if it is a "famous story" why is it not
>> simply a "legend."
>>
>> What's "urban" about it?
>
>Probably to distinguish them from folk legends,
>commonly held by backwoods rubes.

Well, that was the confusing thing about the book that was
the source of the phrase:

Many of the stories, or "legends" were from, and about rural
folks.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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