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** In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131207050226/http://surlalunefairytales.com/maidmaleen/index.html Maid Maleen]", when she is pretending to be the bride, she speaks to three objects; the bride must find out from her three times what she said, and the bridegroom figures out the substitution.
** In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130814130639/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/186truesweetheart.html The True Sweetheart]", the heroine goes to the ball three times.
** In [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Golden_Goose "The Golden Goose"], the two older brothers refuse to share with the funny little man they encounter, and are punished with bad luck that causes them injury. The third, youngest brother shares with him, and the man rewards him by telling him where to find the eponymous Goose.
* Anecdotes have plenty of examples. For an example, three nation anecdotes.
* Shows up all the time in religion: