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Which giant lumberjack is a folk hero of North American logging tales?
Legend says Paul Bunyan dug the Mississippi River as a watering trough for his giant blue ox, Babe.
In Mexican folklore, what does the ghost of La Llorona do?
Legend says La Llorona drowned her children in a river and now wails for them near waterways.
Which fairy tale ends when a lost glass slipper fits its rightful owner?
The oldest Cinderella tale, from ancient Greece, features a lost sandal rather than a glass slipper.
Which American folk hero races a steam drill in a famous tall tale?
The ballad of John Henry tells how the steel-driving man beat the steam drill by hand, then died from the strain.