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  • Most intriguing was a black incense burner, depicting a man wearing a distinctive headdress, marked by a trefoil shape on its forehead like the tassel of a jester's cap.

    How a 'Jester god' revealed oldest Mayan royal tomb 2011

  • A DWARF in a jester's costume runs back and forth on the set as AUDIENCE laughs and throws cabbage.

    Doug Lieblich: Opening to a Late Night Show Aired in the Middle Ages Doug Lieblich 2011

  • A few nights ago, when Modern Family's Cameron-as-Fizbo tried on a court jester's shtick for size, Mitchell offered this dour rejoinder: "There goes the theory that an English accent makes everyone sound smart."

    Roush Review: Being Human and More Weekend TV 2011

  • A DWARF in a jester's costume runs back and forth on the set as AUDIENCE laughs and throws cabbage.

    Doug Lieblich: Opening to a Late Night Show Aired in the Middle Ages Doug Lieblich 2011

  • Osmo of Borgge, court jester to Baron Tirphiph of Fhumfh,   attached bells to the points of his jester's cap in 1356.

    Osmo's Bells 2010

  • Osmo was not a wealthy foole — the Baron was known as something of a pinchpfennig — so the jester's invention of the belled cap was driven by his need to stay solvent.

    Osmo's Bells 2010

  • He worked across America; in his striking Rigoletto for Houston Grand Opera (2001), the tormented hero was unhappily crammed into his jester's ruff.

    Peter J Hall obituary David Jays 2010

  •   Here, he had been judged by mice and awarded a jester's crown.

    Borden, Dream on Lord of the Pies. 2009

  •  He wore a velvet jester's hat — the kind we sold at the hat shop — that was red and yellow and blue with bells at the ends of each flopping crown.

    Hat Shop Girls 2009

  • Junior after all, wore his malevolence like a coat, while Obama minces around in his jester's costume inviting the banks and insurance industries to continue plundering the National Treasury at the taxpayer's expense.

    The Liars Reign Supreme As The Nation Withers 2009

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