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American Folklore The Palatin: This Folktale was about a ship off the shores of Rhode Island. The ship was carrying passengers and cargo to the state, when it hit rough weather. When the storm had died out the passengers had realized that the crew had murdered the captain, and were holding them hostage. For days, they charged the hostages high amounts for food and necessities. One day the passengers woke up to find that all …

…thought was a deer in the woods. He was about to shoot it when he realized it had blue eyes. This was odd to him because he had never seen a blue-eyed deer. Therefore, he put his rifle down. The moonlight revealed a woman fleeing into the woods. The young hunter followed her, until she got to her home, where he was struck by her beauty. Therefore, he wooed her until they fell in love.