apocryphal
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Apocryphal tales about the "pig's blood" incident began to circulate about 20 years later, but they did not involve Pershing and there's no evidence such a thing ever happened.
From Salon • May 20, 2019
Apocryphal tale or not, death has given a lucrative boost to the selling power of not just Elvis, but also Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and a host of other music legends.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2017
Apocryphal or not, there is a great story about George Graham apparently inquiring of Ferguson some time in the mid-1990s: "Whatever happened to that Ryan Wilson you used to rave about?"
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013
Apocryphal or not the story gets at the heart of “Messiah.”
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2012
The character and services of the Bible Society in that city have, it appears to me, been grievously misrepresented in some of the recent publications in this country, on the subject of the Apocryphal controversy.
From A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Bexley containing a statement to the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society by Cunningham, Francis
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