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'''Dick Whittington''' was a poor boy from a 14th century [[English]] [[village]] who traveled to [[London]] to seek his fortune, and eventually became Lord Mayor of the city. His life story provides the inspiration for the folk story ''Dick Whittington'', which is a popular subject for [[pantomime]]s in [[Britain]]. He could be seen as the English equivalent of American [[folk hero]]es like [[Davy Crockett]].
The real Dick Whittington was a remarkable man and a true rags-to-riches story, but the folk story is further embellished, often including streets paved with [[gold]], [[pirate]]s and a talking [[cat]]. Straddling fact and [[fiction]] is the apocryphal episode where a downcast Whittington resolved to leave London for good, but changed his mind after hearing the [[church]] [[bell]]s apparently telling him ''"Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London!"''
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[[Category:Fairy tales]]
The real Dick Whittington was a remarkable man and a true rags-to-riches story, but the folk story is further embellished, often including streets paved with [[gold]], [[pirate]]s and a talking [[cat]]. Straddling fact and [[fiction]] is the apocryphal episode where a downcast Whittington resolved to leave London for good, but changed his mind after hearing the [[church]] [[bell]]s apparently telling him ''"Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London!"''
[[Category:London]]
[[Category:Fairy tales]]