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Cap and bells
A cap and bells is a type of fool's cap, a cap with bells worn by a court fool or jester.
The cap and bells could be in the following forms:
- with "ass's ears" and an "ass's tail", often curling forward
- with two horns
- with a " cockscomb" crest
Bells were also added to the dangling sleeves. The bells announced the appearance of the jester.
Other forms of fool's cap in England were shaped like a monk's cowl with ass's ears, a high-pointed cap covered with bells, or a round cap with an imposing feather.
Cap and bells (disambiguation)
The cap and bells is a jester's cap.
Cap and bells may also refer to:
- Cap and Bells, a 1913 film by Frank Clewlow
- Cap and Bells II, a thoroughbred filly, the 1901 winner of Epsom Oaks
- Cap and Bells, a 1886 book by Samuel Minturn Peck
- The Cap and Bells, a 1819 verse by John Keats
- Le Bonnet du fou, a 1918 film by Luigi Pirandello
Usage examples of "cap and bells".
He was just a sad, nice little man in a cap and bells who everyone ignored.
There had been one doctor made from Tennessee already, and I had no wish to put on the cap and bells.