https://www.s-anand.net/blog/tag/folklore/ Recent content in folklore on S Anand Hugo -- 0.156.0 en-us Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/500-mile-e-mail/ Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/500-mile-e-mail/ <p><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html">500 mile e-mail</a>: the story of a server that would not send e-mail beyond 500 miles.</p> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/snopes-on-tv/ Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/snopes-on-tv/ <p>Snopes is soon to be <a href="http://www.snopes2.com/info/tv.htm">on TV</a>.</p> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/why-bless-you/ Sat, 26 May 2001 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/why-bless-you/ <p>Why do people say &ldquo;Bless you&rdquo; when you sneeze? The practise may date back to the <a href="http://www.m-w.com/mw/textonly/wftw/97sept/93097.htm">plague in London</a>, though there are <a href="http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/fracture/blessyou.htm">several theories</a>.</p> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/surreal/ Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/surreal/ <p>A bit of the surreal: <a href="http://www.eblots.com">Digital inkblots</a> and <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/">Encyclopaedia Mythica</a></p>