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The Feast of Fools - 5/7/2007 5:35:07 PM

Vendaval

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In the interest of preserving and/or restoring the sense of humour around here, I present the Feast of Fools -

http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~kyrie/service.html
A Strange Church Feastday
" Celebrated anytime between Christmas and Epiphany (6th Jan), particularly on the 1st of Jan- the Feast of the Circumsion of Our Lord, the Feast of Fools had some very strange Church custome to go along with it....

Priest and clargy wearing masks at Divine Office
Clergy dancing in the sanctuary dressed as women and minstrels
Clergy eating sausages at the altar while the celebrant is saying Mass
Incense with vile incense made from filthy old shoe soles
Singing the Chants of the day with screeches and nonsense syllables
singing from upside down service books
blowing ashes from the censer around the church
wearing torn or inside-out vestments
runnning and leaping shamelessly through the church
During Mass, a donkey was brought into the church and led to the altar.
During the Mass, the Introit, Kyrie, Gloria and Credo ended with donkey brays, and instead of the dismissal, the priest was directed to bray 3 times (ter hinhinnabit) with the congregation braying in response!

After Mass, the Clergy ran through the town.....

in carts, making indecent gestures
reciting scurrilous and lewd verses to the derision of all
Pelting the people with excrement
clanging kettles, saucepans and bells,
Humorous plays and shows were put on by the people

At Vespers....

During the Magnificat verse " And he hath put down the mighty...", an elected Boy-Bishop was put on the Bishop's throne, and dressed in full vestments.
The Boy-Bishop was crowned with 3 buckets of water and a crown of leaves.

The Boy-Bishop/ Lord of Misrule/Abbot of Fools' job was to preside over the ribaldry. "

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"Beware, the woods at night, beware the lunar light.
So in this gray haze we'll be meating again, and on that
great day, I will tease you all the same."
"WOLF MOON", OCTOBER RUST, TYPE O NEGATIVE

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