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Town of fools, the Glossary

A town of fools is the base of a number of joke cycles found in various cultures.^[1]

38 relations: Abdera, Thrace, An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman, Blason populaire, Dan Miron, David G. Roskies, English folklore, Ethnic joke, Eunuch, Fünsing, Feuilleton, Gotham, Nottinghamshire, Hans Sachs, Hillel Halkin, History of the Jews in Poland, Hymylä, Isaac Mayer Dick, Joke, Kampen, Overijssel, Kocourkov, Ksalon, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Moira, Goa, Molbo story, Mols, Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Philogelos, Psalms, Satire, Schilda, Schildbürger, Schwank (comedy), Shtetl, Stith Thompson, The History of a Town, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Wise Men of Chelm, Wise Men of Gotham.
Joke cycles
Towns of fools

Abdera, Thrace

Abdera is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. Town of fools and Abdera, Thrace are towns of fools.

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An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman

"An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Town of fools and an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman are joke cycles.

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Blason populaire

Blason populaire is an umbrella genre in the field of folkloristics used to designate any item of any genre which makes use of stereotypes, usually, but not always, negative stereotypes, of a particular group.

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Dan Miron

Dan Miron (דן מירון, born 1934) is an Israeli-born American literary critic and author.

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David G. Roskies

David G. Roskies (Yiddish: דוד ראָסקעס; born 1948, Montreal) is an internationally recognized Canadian literary scholar, cultural historian and author in the field of Yiddish literature and the culture of Eastern European Jewry.

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English folklore

English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the English region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs, superstitions, and folktales.

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Ethnic joke

An ethnic joke is a remark aiming at humor relating to an ethnic, racial or cultural group, often referring to an ethnic stereotype of the group in question for its punchline.

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Eunuch

A eunuch is a male who has been castrated.

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Fünsing

Fünsing is a fictional German "village of fools". Town of fools and Fünsing are towns of fools.

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Feuilleton

A feuilleton (a diminutive of feuillet, the leaf of a book) was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle of the latest fashions, and epigrams, charades and other literary trifles.

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Gotham, Nottinghamshire

Gotham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, measured at 1,563 in the 2011 census, and marginally increasing to 1,567 at the 2021 census.

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Hans Sachs

Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker.

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Hillel Halkin

Hillel Halkin (הלל הלקין; born 1939) is an American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist who has lived in Israel since 1970.

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History of the Jews in Poland

The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.

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Hymylä

In Finnish folklore, Hymylä (variants: Himola, Huikkola, Hyvölä, Hytölä, Hämälä, Hölmölä) is a mysterious place for the banishment of a child who failed in a children's game, usually, the game of riddles. Town of fools and Hymylä are towns of fools.

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Isaac Mayer Dick

Isaac Mayer Dick (1807 – 24 January 1893) was a Russian Hebraist, Yiddishist, and novelist.

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Joke

A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally.

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Kampen, Overijssel

Kampen is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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Kocourkov

In Czech culture, Kocourkov is a fictional place, whose inhabitants are attributed with doing various stupid things, similar to stories about other towns of fools: (how they sowed salt, how they dragged a bull to the church roof to graze the grass, etc.)Cecílie Havlíková, "O lidových humorkách zvláště kocourkovských", In: The name of the town derives from the word "Kocour", "tomcat" in Czech, so it literally means "Tomcat's. Town of fools and kocourkov are joke cycles and towns of fools.

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Ksalon

Ksalon (כְּסָלוֹן) is a moshav in central Israel.

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Mendele Mocher Sforim

Mendele Mocher Sforim (מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים, מנדלי מוכר ספרים; lit. "Mendele the book peddler"; January 2, 1836, Kapyl – December 8, 1917, Odessa), born Sholem Yankev Abramovich (שלום יעקבֿ אַבראַמאָװיטש, translit) or S. J. Abramowitch, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (p; –), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin (Николай Щедрин), was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century.

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Moira, Goa

Moira is a village in the Bardez Taluka of the North Goa District in India.

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Molbo story

A Molbo story is a Danish folktale about the people of Mols, who live in eastern Jutland near the town of Ebeltoft. Town of fools and Molbo story are joke cycles and towns of fools.

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Mols

Mols is a small Danish gathering of hilly peninsulas in the southern part of the larger peninsula of Djursland on the east coast of Jutland.

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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature

The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1932–1936, revised and expanded 1955–1958).

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Philogelos

Philogelos (Φιλόγελως, "Love of Laughter"), also titled or subtitled The Jests of Hierocles and Philagrius, is a Greek-language book published in late antiquity that is the oldest known surviving collection of jokes.

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Psalms

The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים|Tehillīm|praises; Psalmós; Liber Psalmorum; Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ("Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Schilda

Schilda is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

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Schildbürger

The Schildbürger ("residents of Schilda") are residents of Schilda, a fictional German town of fools, a butt of jokes in German Volksbuch (chapbook) tradition corresponding to the Wise Men of Gotham in English-language tradition. Town of fools and Schildbürger are towns of fools.

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Schwank (comedy)

In German-speaking cultures, Schwank is a genre of short funny tale, verse, song, play, opera, etc.

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Shtetl

Shtetl or shtetel is a Yiddish term for the small towns with predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish populations which existed in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.

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Stith Thompson

Stith Thompson (March 7, 1885 – January 10, 1976) was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist".

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The History of a Town

The History of a Town (pre-reform Russian: Исторiя одного города; post-reform Istoriya odnogo goroda), also translated as Foolsburg: The History of a Town, is a 1870 novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. Town of fools and The History of a Town are towns of fools.

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The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe is a two-volume, English-language reference work on the history and culture of Eastern Europe Jewry in this region, prepared by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and published by Yale University Press in 2008.

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Wise Men of Chelm

The Wise Men of Chelm (Khelemer khakhomim) are foolish Jewish residents of the Polish city of Chełm, a butt of Jewish jokes, similar to other towns of fools: the English Wise Men of Gotham, German Schildbürger, Greek residents of Abdera, or Finnish residents of the fictional town of Hymylä. Town of fools and Wise Men of Chelm are joke cycles and towns of fools.

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Wise Men of Gotham

Wise Men of Gotham is the early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, in allusion to an incident where they supposedly feigned idiocy to avoid a Royal visit. Town of fools and Wise Men of Gotham are towns of fools.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_fools

Also known as Towns of fools, Village of fools.

Town of fools, the Glossary

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Joke cycles

Towns of fools

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