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The much older Appalachian version of the story has a fair share of similarities to this adaptation. Rather than a young boy, the person who discovers the toe is an old woman. Instead of taking the toe into the house to eat for dinner, the woman acts in more disregard as she tosses it over the fence and continues going about her gardening.
The BookHive: Listen to a Story Archived 2006-05-27 at the Wayback Machine: Jackie Torrence tells the story of Tailypo in RealVideo format. AppLit Folktale Index: Tailypo Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine; After Midnight is a horror movie where the protagonist Hank is attacked nightly by a creature after his girlfriend leaves him.
The different variations on the story involve usually these three things: The Limb- Sometimes the limb of the deceased is not an arm (America, England, Tuscany, and Friesland [3]). On occasion it is a leg (Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, France [3]) or a toe (Texas [3]). Sometimes the origin of how the limb came to be is different.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist , causing mass controversy among fans of Gammell.
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" is a ghost story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on April 17, 1890, and was reprinted the following year as part of Tales of Soldiers and Civilians .
The Legend of the Mistletoe Bough is a horror story which has been associated with many mansions and stately homes in England. A new bride, playing a game of hide-and-seek or trying to get away from the crowd during her wedding breakfast, hides in a chest in an attic and is unable to escape. She is not discovered by her family and friends, and ...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. The screenplay was adapted by the Hageman Brothers , from a screen story by Guillermo del Toro (who also produced), as well as Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan .
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories is a collection of horror stories, poems and urban legends retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Dirk Zimmer. It was published as part of the I Can Read! series in 1984. In 2017 the book was re-released with illustrations by Spanish freelance illustrator Victor Rivas. [1]