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Medieval peasants always have filthy faces, tangled hair, ragged clothing - and perfect, gleaming white teeth.
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If you are a princess, you always have a favourite lady in waiting, and you always send her to warn the hero of the evil king's intention just in time.
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Corollary: the lady in waiting is never quite as beautiful as the princess; however, she still always catches the eye of the hero's sidekick.
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In a swordfight, you can always parry behind your back, and you must always find a set of stairs to fight on so that the loser can roll down them and die at the bottom.
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Horses never get winded, throw a shoe, etc., until the pursuing sheriff is right behind the hero.
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Corollary: the wagon that breaks an axle or gets stuck in the creek is always the one carrying the king's entire treasury, which he totes around with him every time he goes gallivanting through bandit-infested countryside.
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