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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...

towns of fools: the English Wise Men of Gotham, German Schildbürger, Greek residents of Abdera, or Finnish residents of the fictional town of Hymylä...

during the Cold War Wise Men (Nadler novel), 2013 novel by Stuart Nadler Wise Men of Gotham, early name for the people of Gotham, Nottinghamshire Wisemen...

The village is most famed for the stories of the "Wise Men of Gotham". These depict the people of the village as being stupid. However, the reason for...

Pacific Ocean Three Wise Men of Gotham, early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire Three Wise Men of the East (professional...

tradition corresponding to the Wise Men of Gotham in English-language tradition. The "people of Schilda", of a German town of fools named "Schilda" (fictitious...

of fools". Wise Men of Gotham hail from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire German Schildbürger residents of fictitious – not the actual town of Schilda...

butt of numerous jokes and tales all over the world. Sometimes the foolishness is ascribed to a whole place, as exemplified by the Wise Men of Gotham. The...

Fools of Chelm Jester Lightbulb joke Molbo story Polish joke Wise Men of Gotham Guru Paramartha Clouston, W. A. (1888). The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons;...

"The Wise Men of Gotham." In Finland there are stories about the people of Hölmölä (Hölmöläiset). In 1898 the operetta "Molboerne" (The People of Mols)...

"nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy...

for the Wise Men of Gotham story, a legendary incident where the village's residents feigned idiocy to prevent a royal visit from John, King of England...

abused So have no more to do with me cuckoo's nest One of the tales of the Wise Men of Gotham tells how they built a hedge round a tree in order to trap...

the unemphatic 'en, 'un." The Dog and Its Reflection Red herring Wise Men of Gotham Smith, A. C. (1874). "On Wiltshire Traditions, Charms and Superstitions"...

Gotham – first used by Washington Irving in his satirical periodical Salmagundi in November 1807 as an allusion to the tale of the Wise Men of Gotham...

doodle doo!" "Ding, dong, bell" "A frog he would a-wooing go" "Three wise men of Gotham" "Hey diddle diddle" "Jack and Jill went up the hill" "Little Jack...

These stories often center on the "wise" men and their silly decisions, similarly to the English Wise Men of Gotham or the German Schildbürger. The jokes...

Three Wise Men of Gotham Little Bun Rabbit The book's last selection features a girl named Dorothy who can talk to animals—an anticipation of the Oz...

figures of fun, and foolish countrymen were also popular (e.g., The Wise Men of Gotham). Other works were aimed at regional and rural audience (e.g., The...

stamp of its own which defies definition. Perhaps you have heard of the wise men of Gotham, and of their ingenious feats. The wise men of Moira of old were...