Fool, The Fool, or Fools may refer to:
Fool, The Fool, or Fools may also refer to:
The Fool or The Jester is one of the 78 cards in a Tarot deck; one of the 22 Trump cards that make up the Major Arcana. The Fool is unnumbered; sometimes represented as 0 (the first) or XXII (the last) Major Arcana in decks. It is used in divination as well as in game playing.
The Fool is titled Le Mat in the Tarot of Marseilles, and Il Matto in most Italian language tarot decks. These archaic words mean "the madman" or "the beggar", and may be related to the word for 'checkmate' in relation to the original use of tarot cards for gaming purposes.
In the earliest Tarot decks, the Fool is usually depicted as a beggar or a vagabond. In the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, the Fool wears ragged clothes and stockings without shoes, and carries a stick on his back. He has what appear to be feathers in his hair. His unruly beard and feathers may relate to the tradition of the woodwose or wild man. Another early Italian image that relates to the tradition is the first (and lowest) of the series of the so-called "Tarocchi of Mantegna". This series of prints containing images of social roles, allegorical figures, and classical deities begins with "Misero", a depiction of a beggar leaning on a staff. A similar image is contained in the German Hofamterspiel; there the fool (German: Narr) is depicted as a barefoot man in robes, apparently with bells on his hood, playing a bagpipe.
A jester, court jester or fool was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman employed to entertain him and his guests. A jester was also an itinerant performer who entertained common folk at fairs and markets. Jesters are also modern day entertainers who resemble their historical counterparts. Jesters in medieval times are often thought to have worn brightly coloured clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern and their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. In medieval times jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal ones included songs, music, and storytelling; additional ones included acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes, and magic. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style and many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.
The modern use of the English word jester did not come into use until the mid-16th century during Tudor times. This modern term derives from the older form gestour, or jestour, originally from Anglo-Norman (French) meaning story-teller or minstrel. Other earlier terms included fol, disour, and bourder. These terms described entertainers who differed in their skills and performances but who all shared many similarities in their role as comedic performers for their audiences.
Shep may refer to:
Shep was the name given to a herding dog that appeared at the Great Northern Railway station one day in 1936 in Fort Benton, Montana. The dog first appeared at the station when a casket was being loaded on a train heading to the eastern USA. When the train left, the dog kept coming back to the station for every incoming train after that.
It took station employees some time to realize that the body in the casket was probably Shep's master, and Shep was showing up for each incoming train to see if his master would be getting off. The station employees took care of Shep and he lived in and around the station, becoming well known to everyone who passed through.
A few years into his time at the station, Shep and his story was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!.
Shep kept this daily vigil for almost six years until he was run over by a train on January 12, 1942. It is believed that his front paws were on one of the rails and he simply did not hear the train until it was too late, and he slipped off of the rail. The train's engineer could not stop the train in time.
Shep (or The Thanhouser Dog or Shep the Dog; died November 1914) was a male collie dog who starred in a number of silent films made by the Thanhouser Company.
Shep was a collie owned by Jack Harvey, a film director. When Harvey was working for Vitagraph Studios Shep appeared in a number of films, but was not given much publicity. In September 1914 Motion Picture Magazine said that Shep was owned by Arthur Ashley while he was with Vitagraph. In A Dog's Love, an 11 minute short released in October 1914, Shep plays a dog who grieves after his human playmate (Helen Badgley) has died. Other successful films in which Shep appeared were Shep's Race with Death and A Dog's Good Deed.
In November 1914 Reel Life said, "In The Barrier of Flames, a forthcoming Thanhouser release, Shep, the beautiful collie, who daily reports for work at the New Rochelle studio, performed another daring rescue, distinguishing himself by a feat of human heroism and sagacity by climbing a ladder and rescuing Helen Badgley from the top story of a burning house." The same month, The Moving Picture World wrote "Shep, Thanhouser's collie, has recently been acclaimed by critics as a great dog actor. His work in motion pictures is a study in itself. The dog rehearses his parts and goes through them just like a regular actor and never grumbles or tries to sass back."
(T.Seals/J.McBee/M.Barnes)
If love should come again from you
You could never count the ways of things I'd say an' do
And I would be more of a man than I've ever been
If I ever have the chance to be lovin' you again
I have been a fool...
That's what I am... I don't wanna lose you
What can I do...
My life ain't worth livin' if my love ain't worth
givin' to you
An' all I wanna say is you're all I need
Hands like the sunshine touch me at the right time
you're the air I breathe
An' I would be more of a man than I've ever been
If I ever have the chance to be lovin' you again
I've been a fool...
That's what I am... I don't wanna lose you
What can I do...
My life ain't worth livin' if my love ain't worth
givin' to you
Well I've been a fool...
That's what I am... I don't wanna lose you
What can I do...
My life ain't worth livin' if my love ain't worth
givin' to you
I've been a fool...
That's what I am... I don't wanna lose you
What can I do...
My life ain't worth livin' if my love ain't worth