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  2. Knocker (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The Knocker, Knacker, or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical, subterranean, gnome-like creature in Cornish and Devon folklore. The Welsh counterpart is the coblyn. It is closely related to the Irish leprechaun, Kentish kloker and the English and Scottish brownie. The Cornish describe the creature as a little person 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m) tall, with a ...

  3. The Tommyknockers - Wikipedia

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    The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King.While maintaining a horror style, the novel is an excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods.

  4. The Tommyknockers (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    The Helgenberger head model was used for the scene where her character Bobbi turns into a Tommyknocker. [2] New Zealand effects artist Richard Taylor and his company, the Richard Taylor Modelmakers, created six Neanderthal skeleton models (multiplied in the final cut through bluescreening) and an electric-powered mock design of Petey the dog ...

  5. Tommyknocker (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A Tommyknocker, or knocker, is a supernatural being associated with mining in Cornish, Welsh, and American folklore. Tommyknocker or Tommyknockers may also refer to: Tommyknocker (producer) (born 1977), Italian hardcore techno producer; The Tommyknockers, a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King

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    The only thing less likely than Thunderclap Newman, the strange band masterminded by Pete Townshend in 1969, having a No. 1 single is the notion that a 400-plus page history of them would be ...

  7. Talk:The Tommyknockers - Wikipedia

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  8. Talk:Knocker (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    There is absolutely nothing I can find anywhere to suggest that Welsh and Cornish coal miners called these beings "Knockers" and that "Tommyknocker" is an American derivation. They were and are called "Tommyknockers" in the land of their origin and the article should reflect that. It was inappropriate license to change the title of the articles.--

  9. Tommyknocker (producer) - Wikipedia

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    Tommyknocker was inspired by artists such as Promo, Stunned Guys, PCP, Miro, and Lory D. By 1999, Tommyknocker had released his first EP "The Realm" on Traxtorm Records. Over the next few years, without having achieved a critical breakthrough hit, Tommyknocker released his hit EP Showtime in 2003, featuring Demolition and Showtime. [ 1 ]