Henny Penny (disambiguation)

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Henny Penny is a fable, also known as Chicken Licken or Chicken Little.

Henny Penny, more commonly known in the United States as Chicken Little and sometimes as Chicken Licken, is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" featured prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Versions of the story go back more than 25 centuries; it continues to be referred to in a variety of media.

Henny Penny may also refer to:

Newcastle Knights rugby league football club

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top tier competition in 1988, 79 years after the previous Newcastle based team, the Newcastle Rebels had departed the Sydney competition with the formation of a separate league competition based in the Newcastle region.

Henny Penny is an American manufacturer of commercial grade food equipment based in Eaton, Ohio. The company was founded in 1957 and employs over 500 people. Notable clients include KFC, Wendy's, McDonald's, Chick-fil-A and Chicken Licken. As of 2015, the company is employee-owned.

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Pressure frying variation on pressure cooking

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Chicken nugget chicken product made from chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked

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General Tsos chicken North American Chinese sweet deep-fried chicken dish

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Churchs Chicken US chicken restaurant chain

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Chicken Licken can refer to:

Henny Penny is a fable, also known as Chicken Little or Chicken Licken.

Zaxbys American restaurant chain

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Indian Chinese cuisine Chinese cuisine adapted and localized in India

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<i>Chicken Little</i> (1943 film) 1943 film by Clyde Geronimi

Chicken Little is a 1943 short film created by Walt Disney during World War II and directed by Clyde Geronimi. The short was closely based on the fable Henny Penny. It is an anti-Nazi film showing the evils of mass hysteria.

Chicken Licken (restaurant) South African fast-food restaurant chain featuring chicken

Chicken Licken is a South African fast-food fried chicken restaurant chain. The company had an 5% share of South Africa's fast food market in 2010, tying with McDonald's. According to a case study published by the Henny Penny Corporation in 2011, Chicken Licken is the "largest non-American-owned fried chicken franchise in the world".

Little (surname) Surname list

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The Sky Is Falling may refer to:

Broaster Company is an American food equipment manufacturing company. Broaster Company is known for manufacturing pressure fryers, licensing Genuine Broaster Chicken and operating a branded food program, Broaster Express. The company is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin and was founded in 1954 by inventor and businessman L. A. M. Phelan.

<i>Teena</i>

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Chicken Salad Chick Offering every guest, on every visit, a superb experience that creates a lasting memory!

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