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  2. The Clever Little Tailor - Wikipedia

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    Another characteristic element of the tale type is the type of the birthmark: they are usually shown as a sun, a moon, or a star. [2] French historian François Delpech ( fr ) noted that strange birthmarks in folktales indicated a supernatural or royal origin of the characters, and mentioned the tale type in that regard.

  3. Fairytale (Pointer Sisters song) - Wikipedia

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    The latter was an exemplar of the group's typical swing era sound, but it managed to reach #108 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Chart. A June 1974 follow-up single release originally featured "Fairytale" – pared down from the 5:07 length of the album track – as the B-side to a remake of the Vibrations ' 1968 R&B hit "Love in Them There Hills."

  4. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    4 in the same section are subdivided 3+3+3, this measure is 3+2+2+2. [113] Concertino by Igor Stravinsky, one measure after rehearsal mark 14 (subdivided 4+3+2). [128] "The Count of Tuscany" by Dream Theater. The verse riff is in 9 4, with a rhythm of 3+2+2+3+3+2+3 8. [143] "I Wanna Be a Movie Star" by Bill Wurtz. The main groove is in 9

  5. That's a Plenty (album) - Wikipedia

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    Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale", their second Top 40 hit.The song crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. [7]

  6. Motif-Index of Folk-Literature - Wikipedia

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    The motif-index and the ATU indices are regarded as standard tools in the study of folklore. For example, folklorist Mary Beth Stein said that, "Together with Thompson's six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, with which it is cross-indexed, The Types of Folktale constitutes the most important reference work and research tool for comparative folk-tale analysis. [1]

  7. The Elves and the Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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    The 1956 Looney Tunes cartoon short Yankee Dood It is based on this fairy tale, with Elmer Fudd as the king of industrial elves. 150 years after this fairy tale took place, he visits the shoemaker to retrieve the elves he has employed, while also imparting the virtues of mass production capitalism to him.

  8. Diamonds and Toads - Wikipedia

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    Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies". Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book. [1] It was illustrated by Laura Valentine in Aunt Louisa's nursery favourite. [2] In his source, as in Mother Hulda, the kind girl was the stepdaughter, not the ...

  9. Thumbelina - Wikipedia

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    Thumbelina (/ ˌ θ ʌ m b ə ˈ l iː n ə /; Danish: Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale written by the famous Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen.It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children.