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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
*** Also, in some versions of the story a King offers Simpleton his daughter's hand in marriage if he can complete three [[Impossible Task]]s, find someone who can eat a mountain of bread, find someone who can drink all the wine in the kingdom, and find a ship that can sail on both land and sea. Again, the little grey man he befriended is able to do all three.
* Anecdotes have plenty of examples. For an example, three nation anecdotes.
* Shows up all the time in religion:
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