Feast of Fools
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The Feast of Fools or Festival of Fools was a feast day on 1 January celebrated by the clergy in Europe during the Middle Ages, initially in Southern France, but later more widely. During the Feast, p
19th-century depiction of a medieval boy bishop, attended by his canons
Fools' Convention, 1500, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Feast of Fools, Misericord carving in Beverley Minster, East Yorkshire
Feast of the Ass
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The Feast of the Ass is a medieval Christian feast observed on 14 January, celebrating the flight into Egypt. It was originally celebrated primarily in France, as a by-product of the Feast of Fools ce
Feast of Fools
…to, change to the new calendar system would be ridiculed as April Fools. Due to them all taking place in the post-Christmas season, this festival, the Feast of the Ass, and the Feast of the Circumcision all grew more entangled over the centuries. As a result of fusing with the Feast of the Ass, when the church forbade…
Flight into Egypt