CHAPTER XII

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THE COURT FOOL--THE NORMANS AND THEIR GABS--EARLY HISTORY OF COURT FOOLS--THEIR COSTUME--CARVINGS IN THE CORNISH CHURCHES--THE BURLESQUE SOCIETIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES--THE FEASTS OF ASSES, AND OF FOOLS--THEIR LICENCE--THE LEADEN MONEY OF THE FOOLS--THE BISHOP'S BLESSING 200

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