diff --git a/lib/Microformats/Parser.php b/lib/Microformats/Parser.php
index 2c7edff..7ca02c4 100644
--- a/lib/Microformats/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Microformats/Parser.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class Parser {
             }
         }
         # parse all hyperlink (<a> <area> <link>) elements for rel microformats, adding to the JSON rels & rel-urls hashes accordingly
-        foreach ($this->xpath->query(".//a[@rel][@href]|.//area[@rel][@href]|.//link[@rel][@href]", $root) as $link) {
+        foreach ($this->xpath->query(".//a[@rel and @href and not(ancestor::template)]|.//area[@rel and @href and not(ancestor::template)]|.//link[@rel and @href and not(ancestor::template)]", $root) as $link) {
             # To parse a hyperlink element (e.g. a or link) for rel
             #   microformats: use the following algorithm or an algorithm that
             #   produces equivalent results:
@@ -600,10 +600,6 @@ class Parser {
         if ($this->options['lang'] && ($lang = $this->getLang($root))) {
             $out['lang'] = $lang;
         }
-        // stop here if the root is a template, as all children of templates must be ignored
-        if ($root->localName === "template") {
-            return $out;
-        }
         // keep track of deferred properties ("use Y if X is not defined")
         $deferred = [];
         // keep track of the implied date
diff --git a/tests/cases/StandardTest.php b/tests/cases/StandardTest.php
index 2bf7f4e..6b2a7e1 100644
--- a/tests/cases/StandardTest.php
+++ b/tests/cases/StandardTest.php
@@ -65,24 +65,26 @@ class StandardTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
 
     public function provideStandardTests(): \Generator {
         // the standard tests
-        yield from $this->provideTestList([\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."vendor-bin/phpunit/vendor/mf2/tests/tests/"], ['simpleTrim' => true]);
+        yield from $this->provideTestList(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."vendor-bin/phpunit/vendor/mf2/tests/tests/", ['simpleTrim' => true]);
         // tests from php-mf2
-        yield from $this->provideTestList([\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/third-party/"], []);
+        yield from $this->provideTestList(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/third-party/", []);
         // tests from our own corpus
-        yield from $this->provideTestList([\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/"], []);
-        yield from $this->provideTestList([\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/mensbeam/lang-true/"], ['lang' => true]);
+        yield from $this->provideTestList(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/", []);
+        yield from $this->provideTestList(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/mensbeam/lang-true/", ['lang' => true]);
+        yield from $this->provideTestList(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/", ['simpleTrim' => true]);
     }
 
-    protected function provideTestList(array $tests, ?array $options = null): \Generator {
-        foreach ($tests as $base) {
-            $base = strtr($base, "\\", "/");
-            foreach (new \RegexIterator(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($base )), '/\.json$/') as $file) {
-                $path = $file->getPathname();
-                $path =  preg_replace('/\.json$/', '', $path);
-                $name = strtr($path, "\\", "/");
-                $name = str_replace(strtr($base, "\\", "/"), "", $name);
-                yield $name => [$name, $path, $options];
-            }
+    protected function provideTestList(string $set, ?array $options = null): \Generator {
+        $base = strtr(\MensBeam\Microformats\BASE."tests/cases/", "\\", "/");
+        if (strpos(strtr($set, "\\", "/"), $base,) !== 0) {
+            $base = strtr($set, "\\", "/");
+        }
+        foreach (new \RegexIterator(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($set)), '/\.json$/') as $file) {
+            $path = $file->getPathname();
+            $path =  preg_replace('/\.json$/', '', $path);
+            $name = strtr($path, "\\", "/");
+            $name = str_replace($base, "", $name);
+            yield $name => [$name, $path, $options];
         }
     }
 
@@ -118,9 +120,9 @@ class StandardTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
                 $this->fixDates($exp['items'][0]['properties']['bday']);
                 $this->fixDates($exp['items'][0]['properties']['rev']);
                 break;
-            case "phpmf2/classic/fberriman":
-            case "phpmf2/classic/mixedroots2":
-            case "phpmf2/classic/hentry-tag":
+            case "third-party/phpmf2/classic/fberriman":
+            case "third-party/phpmf2/classic/mixedroots2":
+            case "third-party/phpmf2/classic/hentry-tag":
                 $this->fixDates($exp['items'][0]['properties']['published']);
                 break;
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.html b/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.html
index cb1df8b..5cce343 100644
--- a/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.html
+++ b/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.html
@@ -46,14 +46,33 @@
     </template>
 </div>
 
-<!-- No properties should be found here -->
+<!-- This is not a microformat -->
 <template class="h-test">
     <div class="p-name">TEMPLATE!</div>
 </template>
 
-<!-- This is not a microformat at all -->
+<!-- This is not a microformat, either -->
 <template>
     <div class="h-test">
         <div class="p-name">TEMPLATE!</div>
     </div>
 </template>
+
+<!-- The links here should not appear in the global rel microformat list -->
+<div class="h-test">
+    <span class="p-name">TEST</span>
+    <template>
+        <a rel="TEMPLATE!" href="a"></a>
+        <area rel="TEMPLATE!" href="a">
+        <link rel="TEMPLATE!" href="a">
+    </template>
+</div>
+
+<!-- Templates also should not appear in textContent -->
+<div class="h-test">
+    <span class="p-name">
+        I am
+        <template>NOT</template>
+        the King!
+    </span>
+</div>
diff --git a/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.json b/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.json
index bca8804..488b4a7 100644
--- a/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.json
+++ b/tests/cases/mensbeam/default-settings/template.json
@@ -69,6 +69,26 @@
                     ""
                 ]
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "type": [
+                "h-test"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "name": [
+                    "TEST"
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "type": [
+                "h-test"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "name": [
+                    "I am the King!"
+                ]
+            }
         }
     ],
     "rels": {},
diff --git a/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.html b/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c6ab1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!-- Templates should not appear in textContent -->
+<div class="h-test">
+    <span class="p-name">
+        I am <template>NOT </template>the King!
+    </span>
+</div>
diff --git a/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.json b/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98fffbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/mensbeam/simpletrim-true/template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "type": [
+                "h-test"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+                "name": [
+                    "I am the King!"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "rels": {},
+    "rel-urls": {}
+}