Today's Small Town Legend is special: it comes from my late grandfather, Zalka Ottó, who was an amazing storyteller. He especially delighted in trickster tales and local anecdotes.
This was one of his favorite stories to tell.
Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/sokoropatka-how-to-eat-pig-small-town.html
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The #AtoZChallenge is still ongoing, so here is a Small Town Legend about someone accidentally slapping Empress Maria Theresa on the butt:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-queens-buttocks-small-town-legends.html
Meanwhile, the A to Z of Small Town Legends continues on my blog.
Hévíz: A king asks to be hosted in the house of a power greater than him
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/heviz-greatest-power-in-house-small.html
Istvánkirályfalva: The love of a Christian king and a Pagan woman
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/istvankiralyfalva-love-across-religions.html
Ják: The Devil goes to Rome
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/jak-devil-goes-to-rome-small-town.html
Kisbács: An encounter with the Card Demon
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/kisbacs-card-demon-small-town-legends.html
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Today's Small Town Legend is about a place where people decided sowing their fields with salt would yield the most valuable crop possible.
But wait! There is more!
Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/galagonyas-sowing-salt-small-town.html
Here we go!
The A to Z Challenge has begun. My theme this year is Small Town Legends: weird folklore from villages and small towns in and around Hungary.
First up: some very strange geese.
Ács: Zombie Goose Shenanigans https://share.google/Aa9plXTmBYbUrUPXM
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Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD
