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% the FNPCT package
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% 2012/05/22
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
  paperwidth=.5\textwidth,
  paperheight=12\baselineskip,
  margin=5pt,
  bottom=1.5cm]{geometry}

\usepackage[bigfoot-default-top,multiple]{fnpct}
\usepackage{bigfoot}
\DeclareNewFootnote[para]{B}[alph]

\begin{document}

\noindent The three little pigs built their houses
out of straw\footnote*{not to be confused with hay%
\footnoteB{let alone grass}}, sticks\footnote{or
lumber according to some sources} and bricks%
\footnote{probably fired clay bricks;or something}.

\end{document}