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Four and Twenty Blackbirds

The Religious Affiliation of
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
 

Religion: N.A. CBR Scale: D

Name: Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Other Names: four-and-twenty blackbirds; 24 blackbirds

Classification: supporting characters supporting characters   group group  

Publisher(s): unknown

First Appearance: Nancy Cook's Pretty Song Book for all Little and Misses and Masters (1780): "Sing a Song of Sixpence"

Number of Appearances: 3

   TV, Film Appearances: 2

   Prose/Text Book/Story Appearances: 1

Nation: England, United Kingdom

Species: blackbird

Note: baked in a pie; sang for king when pie was opened

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This character is in the following 11 stories which have been indexed by this website:
A Gander at Mother Goose (1940) (photo/picture/video)
Four Color #41 (Apr. 1944): "Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics"
Heston's Feasts - Season 1, Episode 2 (10 Mar. 2009): "Heston's Medieval Feast" (mentioned)
King Cole's Party (1987)
Little Boo-Peep (1953)
Mother Goose Land (1933)
Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (1902)
Mother Goose on the Loose (1942)
Nancy Cook's Pretty Song Book for all Little and Misses and Masters (1780): "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show - Season 4, Episode 43 (1987): "Mother Goose"


Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence