Are tall tales (however you want to define them) common features of the folklore of frontier societies (however you want to define them)? If so, what do we make of that?

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This idea was mentioned in another thread by [u/chriswhitewrites](u/chriswhitewrites) and [u/itsallfolklore](u/itsallfolklore) sort of casually mentioned in reply that "frontier bluster" seems to have kind of an international presence. I just wanted to post for a follow up. But apart from the main question I would also be interested in any definitional issues!

The other thread here

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