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They left a bunch of stuff out of the threes category: the three bears, the three billy goats gruff. From the Bible we have surely, goodness and mercy; love, hope and charity. In the business world Salomon, Smith, Barney. Then we have Borders, Books and Music. There's Aber, Crombie and Fitch. The priest, the minister and the rabbi that figure in so many jokes. We talk about the ABCs of something, meaning the basics. The list is endless.
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> endless
to say nothing preferably! about the father, the son, and the wholly goat ;)
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Mon Dieu, the billy goats gruff...how did that go again. I have a vague memory niggling at my brain - a primary school thing - so you know it is loooooong ago 
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Billy Goats Gruff? Something about a troll under a bridge, I think...
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troll Leave it to the Norsewoman to know about trolls! They are a common sight in my (Norwegian) in-laws' place! (OK, not real trolls, but drawings, statues, carvings...and most recently, a photo of the in-laws themselves with a life-sized one!)
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Winken,Blinken and Nod. Can't remember who they were. The butcher, the baker, the candlestickmaker. Cast them out all three. Here's URL to the nursery rhyme: http://www.starstogether.tierranet.com/kids/winken.htm
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winken blinken and nod, a poem by eugene field..
winken and blinken are two little eyes,
and nod is a little head..
Oh, here is the whole thing (once i knew it all by heart, but now i only remember i have a little shadow by RLS
Winken, Blinken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe --
Sailed off on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in the beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them al night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in the beautiful sea --
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish --
Never afeard are we";
So cried the stars to the fisherman three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam --
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe
Bringing the fisherman home;
'Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea --
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
Winken and Blinken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoes that sailed the skies
Is the wee one's trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked hte fisherman three:
Winken,
Blinken,
And Nod.
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Billy Goats Gruff? Something about a troll under a bridge, I think...
Trip trap, trip trap came the biggest billy goat gruff. He was the one who tossed the troll off the bridge, as he proved too big for the troll to eat.
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