fule

Ye hae been naething but leein -- a 'for fun, of coorse, I ken that -- to mak a fule o' me for bein fleyt! '

Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

Is 't likly, Phemy, 'at a man wi gran' relations, and gran 'notions, a man wi' a fouth o 'grit leddies in 's acquantance to mak a fule o' him and themsel's thegither, special noo

Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

James I. James Six of Scotland, miscalled a 'fule'

A Humorous History of England Charles Harrison

Thees yer ol 'fule' ll go on till he's clean worked out.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

"Ay," said Robbie, in great disgust, "the daft eejut, he wad mak a fule

The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills Ralph Connor 1898

"Accordin 'to the wratch," for Carmichael would deign no reply, "she wes threatenin 'tae mak a fule o' the Free Kirk minister o 'Drumtochty juist for practice, but a' said, 'Na, na, Piggie, Maister Carmichael is ower quiet and sensible a lad.

Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

"Whatever I say, I'm bun 'to mak a fule o' mysel '!

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

It seemed to be an endless stream of re-re-wind and the Casualty theme tune (both awesome, what a fule I was).

Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop – Series 3, Week 7 | FreakyTrigger 2009

• A columnist, quoting his father, referred to "Tootles the Train", which puzzled a reader who said: "Tootles was a taxi as any fule kno."

Corrections and clarifications 2011

The first episode told the story – of, as even a fule will know through cultural osmosis, the fallout from a family barbecue that ends with a brattish three-year-old, whose parents refuse to discipline him, being slapped by someone else – from the host Hector's point of view.

TV review: The Slap; The Future State of Welfare; Panorama – Dale Farm: the Big Eviction 2011