Amroth beach

This is Amroth, a village in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. I grew up in Pendine, a village just over the border in Carmarthenshire - at least, I was eight when my family went there and pushing thirteen when we left. My Welsh nationalist leanings have something to do with my partial Welsh ancestry, a lot to do with Pendine.

You see the headland straight ahead? Not the first one, the one that's blue in the distance? Pendine's just beyond that.

Apparently there's also a Tolkien character called Amroth, or possibly a place name, or else a place named after a character, or possibly a character named after a place. There would be.

alt.folklore.urban is a newsgroup devoted to the discussion of urban legends.
Well, sort of.

To quote the a.f.u. FAQ:

"An urban legend:

• appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in varying forms
• contains elements of humor or horror (the horror often "punishes" someone who flouts society's conventions).
• makes good storytelling.
• does NOT have to be false, although most are. ULs often have a basis in fact, but it's their life after-the-fact (particularly in reference to the second and third points) that gives them particular interest."

If you're curious about a.f.u, you could do worse than drop in. Be warned: you may get the feeling the party started without you. (It did). Alternatively, visit this site. Actually, visit this site anyway. It's a great site. Its address is http://www.tafkac.org and there's a link to it just here.

Other sites I can recommend include

Dan Norder's Mythology Web
Arthur Goldstuck's Legends from a small country
Ian Munro's Ring around the Rosie Mini-FAQ
The Erowid Blue Star Acid page
CIAC on Internet Hoaxes

The AFU and urban legends archive used to be at www.urbanlegends.com. It's not any more (it's at http://www.tafkac.org).

Not updated since: 10th June 2004