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The Cursed Well
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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Cities, Folklore, Community, Children, Jewish identity, Fiction

Categories:

Fiction
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Before Talpiot was built the King of the Winds used to rule over the entire region: and all his ministers and servants, mighty and stubborn winds, dwelled there with him and blew over mountain and…

Contributor:

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Arab-Jewish relations, Cities, Jewish identity, Community, Exile, Fiction, Folklore

Categories:

Fiction, Folklore