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* ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'': The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are [[Feuding Families|engaged in a 30-year feud]], the origins of which are long since forgotten.
* A footnote in a ''[[Discworld]]'' novel (cannot remember which one) explains that war cries such as "[[Remember the Alamo!|Remember Koom Valley!]]" all tend to translate to "Let us remember the atrocity committed against us in the past that will excuse the atrocity we are about to commit today!"
** Almost certainly ''[[
*** Among others. Basically appears in every ''[[Discworld]]'' novel with dwarf-troll conflicts.
*** ''[[
* ''The Corsican Brothers'' (The original, not the Cheech and Chong lampoon!).
* In Nick Kyme's [[Warhammer 40,000]] novel ''[[Salamanders|Salamander]]'', in the [[Backstory]], the 3rd Company had killed some renegades' captains; in the opening, they kill the 3rd Company's captain; shortly thereafter, the new captain goes in pursuit of them. {{spoiler|They get sidetracked by another issue, but happen on the killers, and get both the commander and the actual killer. Whereupon their captain is murdered after the battle.}}
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