'Tis Money makes a Man: Or, The Good-Fellows Folly - meaning and definition. What is 'Tis Money makes a Man: Or, The Good-Fellows Folly
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'Tis Money makes a Man: Or, The Good-Fellows Folly         
17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH BALLAD
Tis Money makes a Man: Or, The Good-Fellows Folly is an English broadside ballad believed to have been published between 1674 and 1679 by John Wade, and is located in the National Library of Scotland. It is best known for its first lines, "OO what a madness 'tis to borrow or lend, / Or for strong Liquor thy Money to spend" as well as its popular refrain, "Then make much of a Penny as near as you can, / For if that be wanting thou'rt counted no man.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore         
  • [[Angelique Rockas]] as Annabella in New Theatre production directed by Declan Donnelan, London 1980
  • Page from a 1633 printed edition
TRAGEDY WRITTEN BY JOHN FORD
Tis Pity She's a Whore; Tis Pity She’s a Whore; Tis pity; Tis Pity She's A Whore; The Brother and Sister; Giovanni and Annabella; 'Tis Pity She's A Whore
Tis Pity She's a Whore (original spelling: Tis Pitty Shee's a Who[o]re) is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre.
Folly fort         
  • ''A battle at French Folly Fort'' by a Chinese painter
  • 1860 map of Canton showing the folly forts
VERY SMALL SIZE DEFENSIVE FORT BUILT IN SHALLOW WATER
French Folly; Dutch Folly
A folly fort or just folly is a specific type of fort built in shallow water, near the shore, in the second half of the 19th century. The main characteristic of a folly fort was that it was built on the water, very close to the edge, very small, and exclusively for military defense with no intention of being used as normal living quarters.