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  2. Jester - Wikipedia

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    A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during royal court.Jesters were also traveling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.

  3. Iron in folklore - Wikipedia

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    While iron is now the name of a chemical element, the traditional meaning of the word "iron" is what is now called wrought iron. In East Asia, cast iron was also common after 500 BCE, and was called "cooked iron", with wrought iron being called "raw iron" (in Europe, cast iron remained very rare until it was used for cannonballs in the 14th ...

  4. List of jesters - Wikipedia

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    Hyehehe - a hyena jester from My Singing Monsters which can be found on earth island. It plays an electronic organ using its ears and occasionally cackles to the song. Jester – an alter-ego of Arkham, in Devil May Cry 3. Jester – a major antagonist in Terry Cavanagh's Dicey Dungeons, who is later unlocked as a playable character.

  5. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in about 4000 BC. The discovery of smelting around 3000 BC led to the start of the Iron Age around 1200 BC [16] and the prominent use of iron for tools and weapons. [17]

  6. Jane Foole - Wikipedia

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    Jane was a well-liked jester at the court of Catherine Parr, where she is mentioned by name as "Jane Foole" in 1543. [2] Catherine Parr bought her a red petticoat, gowns, and kirtles. [ 7 ] She may have been depicted in the painting of Henry the Eighth and His Family (1545), in which the man on the far right is identified as her colleague ...

  7. Ferrous metallurgy - Wikipedia

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    One of the fragments was made of bloomery iron rather than meteoritic iron. [37] [38] The earliest iron artifacts made from bloomeries in China date to end of the 9th century BC. [39] Cast iron was used in ancient China for warfare, agriculture and architecture. [9] Around 500 BC, metalworkers in the southern state of Wu achieved a temperature ...

  8. Category:Jesters - Wikipedia

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  9. Puck (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Puck is a main character in Julie Kagawa's 2010–2015 The Iron Fey Series, along with other characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck is also the main protagonist in Kagawa's The Iron Raven (2021), the first book in The Iron Fey: Evenfall series. [13] Puck is a major character in Chris Adrian's 2011 novel The Great Night.