Joke, Practical

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Joke, Practical

See also Mischievousness.

April Fool’s Day

April 1st; a day for playing practical jokes on the unsuspecting. [Western Folklore: Payton, 34]

Barmecide feast

beggar given empty dishes, imaginary food. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “The Barmecide’s Feast”]

Hop-Frog’s

king “had an especial admiration for breadth in a jest.” [Am. Lit.: “Hop-Frog” in Portable Poe, 317–329]

Merygreeke, Matthew

mischievously puts Ralph up to wooing widow. [Br. Lit.: Ralph Roister Doister]

Old Jackanapes

fills Miss Pussy’s apple pies with frogs. [Children’s Lit.: The Golden Hen, Fisher, 232–233]

Panurge

conniving scoundrel whose forte was practical joking. [Fr. Lit.: Pantagruel]

Pulver, Ensign

devised mechanisms to needle to skipper. [Am. Lit.: Mister Roberts, Magill I, 605–607]

Robin Goodfellow

fairies’ jester famous for his practical jokes. [Br. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 768]

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