The origins of the word are from Stoker's novel, where it is used by the Romanian townsfolk to refer to Count Dracula and presumably, other undead.

As Smith's skills and strengths become apparent to the nuns, they come to believe that he has been sent by God to fulfill their dream of building a chapel for the townsfolk -- who are Mexican and impoverished -- as the nearest church is miles away.

There is a tradition of the townsfolk wearing fancy dress on New Year's Eve, when the streets are thronged with revellers in inventive outfits.

Tornado watches and warnings are frequent, with sirens sounding to warn townsfolk to hurry to shelters when necessary.

Munny then threatens the townsfolk before finally leaving town, warning that he will return if Logan is not buried properly or if any prostitutes are further harmed.

The reaction of the townsfolk to this outside influence is fascinatingly drawn by Zola, and the tactics of the groups who are in " resistance " to Abbé Faujas ' clever machinations are very keenly observed.

Howard, Peter and the rest of the townsfolk attend the reception, and among the crowd are Emily and Cameron, who appear to have begun a relationship.

Although there are many tall buildings in central Basildon, there are also many newly constructed buildings closer to the ' Basildon Enterprise Corridor ' situated in North Basildon and it is these buildings / constructions which have gained much fame with the local community and neighbouring townsfolk.

Kyle acknowledged this trend in the season five ( 2001 ) episode " Cartmanland " when he states that he often gives the speech each week in an attempt to " try and better myself ", and again in the season seven ( 2003 ) episode " Butt Out " where he repeatedly reminds his friends that they continuously allow potentially riotous events to occur, and are only able to defuse the situation by giving such a speech to the gathered townsfolk.

Fakir must also fend off the townsfolk who are coming to chop off his hands out of fear he will follow the same abusive path as Drosselmeyer.

The characters — the taciturn loner and the helpless townsfolk needing a protector — are western archetypes and are reminiscent of Kurosawa's own Seven Samurai ( 1954 ).

At the west end there are the boards recording the names of the feoffees since the chapel was donated to the townsfolk up to the present day.

Shinbone's townsfolk are regularly menaced by Valance and his gang.

Most of the townsfolk are Akanists.

As with many of the local government areas reorganised in 1974, not all of the townsfolk are happy to be governed largely from Burnley, although the town has long belonged to the Burnley postal town and forms a continuous urban area with it.

Other Little Tall townsfolk are not so lucky, with several committing suicide over the ensuing years.

People of Mols are called Molboer, and are noted for their Molbohistorier-ethnic stories that townsfolk of Aarhus and Ebeltoft told to ridicule rural people.

Most are almost immediately killed by their breakthrough creations or by rioting townsfolk.

While participating in a town fair, George wants to publicize his revolutionary findings to the community with the hopes to make people's lives better ; instead, the townsfolk are more interested in seeing a display of his telekinesis, and a frenzied press conference ensues, overwhelming George and knocking him down.

Moore soon has a change of heart after seeing some of the townsfolk burning books that they think are dangerous to the youth.

Using it as the center of their kingdom, they ruled Munster until in October 1579 Sir Nicholas Malby ravaged the town and massacred the townsfolk and the monks of the Franciscan friary, but he failed to take the castle from Gerald the 14th Earl.

Secomber is ruled by Trasker Selarn, a ranger who truly has the best interests of the townsfolk at heart, and he is seen as one of the people by his loyal subjects.

He sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky assistant Taggart ( Slim Pickens ), to scare them away, prompting the townsfolk to demand that Governor William J.

The resulting fight between the townsfolk and Lamarr's army of thugs breaks the fourth wall, quite literally ; the fight spills out from the Warner Bros. film lot into a neighboring musical set being directed by Buddy Bizarre ( Dom DeLuise ), then into the studio commissary, where a pie fight ensues.

Destry confounds the townsfolk by refusing to strap on a gun in spite of demonstrating that he is an expert marksman.

A recluse by nature, he appeared strange and bizarre to his fellow townsfolk.

The ruling class among the mediaeval townsfolk were rich merchant families whose houses stood right near the castle tower and were surrounded by the first town wall once it was built.

At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.

* Raymond Gunn-a black man burned to death by a mob of townsfolk in 1931

Due to: the fact the townsfolk vehemently support the fire department by other means including donations, a widespread dislike of the fee ( which departed from the traditional free gathering Billy Lane originally organised.

) by townsfolk and other festival goers, As well as a lack of income for the vendors, " Uncle Billy's Day " has remained a free entrance event aside from 2009.

From 1378 to 1705, Celle was the official residence of the Lüneburg branch of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( House of Welf ) who had been banished from their original ducal seat by its townsfolk.

The townsfolk bring the monster to life the form of a long procession, which snakes through the town led by a swarm of children carrying Chinese-type lanterns.

Towards the end of the Thirty Years ' War, the townsfolk were looking after 50 Swedish soldiers, which brought them protection by the Swedish Army, and thereby also a reputation as a " field hospital town " (" Lazarettstadt ") that lasted until the end of the Second World War.

Cesare nearly does so, revealing to Francis the almost certain connection of Cesare and his master Caligari to the recent homicides ; however, Cesare refuses to go through with the killing because of Jane's beauty and he instead carries her out of her house, pursued by the townsfolk.

The name comes from the sprigs of holly worn by the townsfolk in their caps or clothing in the years after the battle, in its commemoration.

A major landmark is the statue of Eof by the sculptor John McKenna that was funded by the townsfolk and unveiled in the market place in June 2008.

King Charles I passed through Southam just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, and apparently was not made welcome by the townsfolk, who refused to ring the church bells.

Although the Sobors were primarily a tool used to rubberstamp decisions that Ivan had already made, sometimes initiative was taken by the lower nobility and townsfolk.

Anne initially makes a poor impression on the townsfolk of Avonlea with an outburst at the Cuthberts ' neighbour, the outspoken gossip Mrs. Rachel Lynde, but this is amended by an equally impassioned apology.

* The 1898 Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame includes a chapter entitled The Reluctant Dragon, in which an elderly St. George and a benign dragon stage a mock battle to satisfy the townsfolk and get the dragon introduced into society.