What is Jester?
[[File:William Merritt Chase Keying up.jpg|thumb|right|Painting of a jester]] {{wiktionary}} A '''jester''', '''joker''', '''fool''', or '''buffoon''', is a type of [[entertainment|entertainer]] mostly (but not always) associated with the [[Middle Ages]]. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing. Their hats, sometimes called the ''cap ’n bells'' or ''cockscomb'', were special; made of cloth, they were floppy with three points (liliripes) each of which had a [[jingle bell]] at the end. The three points of the hat represent the [[donkey|asses]]' ears and tail worn by jesters when they first appeared. Other typical things about the jester were his constant [[laughter]] and his [[mock]] [[scepter]], known as a ''bauble'' or ''maharoof.'' ==Other websites== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3141297.stm BBC News site story about the Tongaon Royal Jester's involvement in financial scandal 2003] * [http://www.thenoodlebowl.com/jesters/images/reality/jddecree.jpg Royal decree proclaiming the Jester title by the Tongan Royal 1999] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106004548/http://www.thenoodlebowl.com/jesters/images/reality/jddecree.jpg |date=2012-11-06 }} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3545218.stm BBC News site story about Kester the Jester's appointment to English Heritage 2004] * [http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ University of California, Berkeley Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) & links for medieval studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050917030856/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ |date=2005-09-17 }} * [http://www.ngfl.ac.uk/tudorhistory/index186.html Picture of Will Somers with Henry the Eighth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210231156/http://www.ngfl.ac.uk/tudorhistory/index186.html |date=2007-02-10 }} * [http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/world-religions/sufism/nasruddin-mulla.asp Mulla Nasruddin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214160856/http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/world-religions/sufism/nasruddi