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What is clear is that the concept of counting sheep to sleep is so old it was mentioned in a 13th century compilation of short stories titled “Cento Novelle Antiche.” In one of the novellas, a ...
An early reference to counting sheep as a means of attaining sleep can be found in Illustrations of Political Economy by Harriet Martineau, from 1832: "It was a sight of monotony to behold one sheep after another follow the adventurous one, each in turn placing its fore-feet on the breach in the fence, bringing up its hind legs after it, looking around for an instant from the summit, and then ...
Yan Tan Tethera or yan-tan-tethera is a sheep-counting system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and some other parts of Britain. [1] The words are numbers taken from Brythonic Celtic languages such as Cumbric which had died out in most of Northern England by the sixth century, but they were commonly used for sheep counting and counting stitches in knitting until the ...
An emoji (/ ɪ ˈ m oʊ dʒ iː / ih-MOH-jee; plural emoji or emojis; [1] Japanese: 絵文字, Japanese pronunciation:) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages.
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Counting sheep is a way to fall asleep Counting Sheep may also refer to: Counting Sheep (film), a 2022 Spanish-Argentine black comedy film; Counting Sheep, a 2000 album by Collin Raye "Counting Sheep" (song), a song by Safia "Counting Sheep", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from Changing Tune "Counting Sheep", a song by Atlantis, 1991
A music video to accompany the release of "Counting Sheep" was first released on YouTube on 15 April 2015. [3] The video takes place on the edge of the lake at a ‘Stop Revive Survive’ station on a highway, while voice-overs warn ‘don’t fall asleep’, a ghoulish person emerges from a chained box in the back of an open truck.