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  2. Counting sheep - Wikipedia

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    An early reference to counting sheep as a means of attaining sleep can be found in Illustrations of Political Economy by Harriet Martineau, from 1832: "It was a sight of monotony to behold one sheep after another follow the adventurous one, each in turn placing its fore-feet on the breach in the fence, bringing up its hind legs after it, looking around for an instant from the summit, and then ...

  3. Counting sheep: Who came up with this old sleep tip, and does ...

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  4. You Liked This (Okay, Computer!) - Wikipedia

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    Standing's voice is represented by a wired mannequin head with screens, who begins speaking over sheep jumping across a fence. The sheep are then transported through a factory guarded by robots, where machines cut each open to reveal comedy and tragedy masks. Their severed parts are used to create thought bubbles containing the sheep jumping ...

  5. Sleep induction - Wikipedia

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    In most depictions of the activity, the person envisions an endless series of identical white sheep jumping over a fence, while counting the number that do so. The idea, presumably, is to induce boredom while occupying the mind with something simple, repetitive, and rhythmic, all of which are known to help humans sleep.

  6. Lullaby - Wikipedia

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    Lullaby by François Nicholas Riss A lullaby (/ ˈ l ʌ l ə b aɪ /), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition.

  7. List of folk songs by Roud number - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.

  8. Goodbye, Columbus - Wikipedia

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    The title “Goodbye, Columbus” is a quote from a song that was sung by the departing seniors, including Brenda's brother, Ron, at their graduation from The Ohio State University at Columbus. Ron dearly enjoys listening to a record of the song that evokes his years as a varsity athlete on a campus where sports are important.

  9. A Wild Sheep Chase - Wikipedia

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    A Wild Sheep Chase (羊をめぐる冒険, Hitsuji o meguru bōken) (literally An Adventure Concerning Sheep [1]) is the third novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. First published in Japan in 1982, it was translated into English in 1989. It is an independent sequel to Pinball, 1973, and the

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