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Nassau folklore

Parchment-style illustration of animals and the Fireless Train, Bahamian folktale scene.

The Fireless Train

In the days when animals still gathered to listen to wonders and carried their lessons on their bodies, word spread through Nassau of a strange marvel moving along the island’s edge. It was called the Fireless Train. Unlike the noisy engines people later came to know, this train breathed no smoke and carried no burning coal. It glided forward in

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