Townfolk

The clangor of bells far and near calls the townfolk to their various avocations, the toiler to his toil, the idler to his idleness, the miser to his gold. ❋ Unknown (1904)

What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah's boats to act at the decisive moment. ❋ Unknown (1899)

What unsettled the minds of the townfolk was the failure of the Rajah’s boats to act at the decisive moment. ❋ Unknown (1900)

One can only guess this means that not only do members of the townfolk know about their undead citizens, but that the town founders knew about them as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a stereotypical movie, the band would have played for the townfolk and crossed cultural divides through music. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We're thinking they might have something in common with the townfolk of Salem, which is bad news for the gang from Ye Olde Shoppe of Scented Candles and Reanimation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Most of our townfolk were, naturally, the well-to-do, shading downward, but seldom reaching poverty. ❋ W.E.B. DU BOIS (2004)

In one of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons, "Lisa the Skeptic," a plot involving a supposed "angel" pits scientists against naïve religious townfolk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Only when we need someone to scare the townfolk from their beds with a song.” ❋ Sabrina Jeffries (2010)

No-Name City becomes a boomtown Sodom and Gomorrah where bears fight bulls for the depraved enjoyment of the townfolk and whoring and gold dust thievery represent promising growth industries. ❋ Nathan Rabin (2010)

The same Republicans that used language jammed, crammed, tolerated pictures of Obama as Hilter, or the Joker, then screemed that our freedoms are g...one, called anyone that thinks a commie, did everything to incite, enflame, to enrage, and to provoke the townfolk... are now they are saying settle down? ❋ Unknown (2010)

A few townfolk felt I shouldn't be allowed to raise her by myself, but when I hit twenty-one a year later, that magic number at which you apparently become an adult, they stopped fussing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The virtual crowd of Bedford Falls townfolk crowding into George Bailey's house with cash for rescue from jail and disgrace does occur online, and quite often. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She surprises herself when she becomes active in the community as she planned on being a loner, but the acceptance of the townfolk surprised her while making her feel good. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If one of the mesmerized townfolk decided that it would be fun to take apart a black person to see what made it walk and talk, I was toast. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The usual collection of colorful townfolk show up, including the Cat Man, whose cat costume stopped fitting about 15 years and 40 pounds ago. ❋ Doyle (2009)