Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-01


| flv about their heads and faces, one
against the other. In this equipsge
! thew neither sing hymns nor psalms nOI
| masses, but mumb'e a certain gibberish,
as shrill snd squeakiUg a herd OF pigs
| whipped on TO ms rket." Thus. wrote to
| GAS endi the siudeut who,e ears were
/ still fresh with the echoes Of the bar
harous, nOnsers.csl verses chanted at
| AK. as foil I'VE:
| " Usec ext clara dies cIar arum clara dierum;
| H,ec est fiesta dies, isstayuM Iesta dierum."
LORDS r MIsRULE.
In Clden timea tie Chi tmas sports Of
England were conducted on q gfaad
scale OF miTih and faIc and Of 70 small
importance was the Lord OF MisTule.n
These iudicrous spOr atfJrded amuse-
ment for the higher members OF soc ety,
and the bench ard a. and she nobility
took part in the mock courts, which
were conducted with enthusiastic mer-
riment and ridiculous interest. The
a. Chris mas Prince was welcomed
every where, sId, says the Italian pro-
| veib: Hg pin III fITe che .fJTHi di Ma
tale in IaghH terra; and 5 ONE states
that the Lord OF "a 5 Dle whC M the
Scotch XII ew ssihe Abbot Of UGrea
son." was Z" 10 make the raTest psstime5
to delight the beholder." This creature
rdled wherever the king resided, and
was q Welcome pGtentAte in the heuse Of
every nobleman and great family, though
he found rivals ana usurpeIs almost in
every parish. The Itslian Po'ydore
Vergil made the "CaIistmas Pdnce" Pc
euliar 10 England, while "Stutbes, q
moroEe puritan in the time of Eliza
l,o 81 ,
tame of mischisfs," concerning which
tie reader will fnd very Interesting ar
ticIes 10 Struts SPORTS and PtLsLinlcS of
the People Of England, page 254
Those interested in this subject will fud
in Dogdale's OTigjneS Juridjctdtes a
Description Of mock parliament, 8
Prince of Sophie, or Wisdom, an honor
able order Oh Pegasus, high constable,
marshal, q master OF the game, q ranger
Of the forest, lieutensnt OF the tower IA
temporary prison for the delinquents IN
foolery), aud ell the psraphernalia Of
court, dulles qued by thu students snd
Law officers before the youthful judges.
We ara tolu that after supper the con-
stable, maIshal presented himself, with
drums playing, mounted on stage or
stand borne by fur men, and cried out,
" g iOrii1 ga lord :" Among the lords
we. s1ch IS ".3ir Fran els FIatterer, Of
FowIahurt; Sir Randall Rsckabite, Of
Rascal la /, in the county OF Rake
hell; Sir Morgan Mumchance, OF Much
MOckery, in the county Of Mad
Mopery; Sir BARTHOLOMEW Bald
breach, OF Bait sck-bury, in the
county Of BEeack-r eek" In the
year 1855 Was printed a quarto tract
(suDpOseditO be,from manuscript OF the
tin.eg, as 10 infrrm stion az to its origin
is given in the prt IA "a or elsewhere) i@l
Of burIeeque CratioDs, and exhibiting as
the ioolerIes Of one of these enIerIni.
ments. The title suggests its chsraC,,-
the same being "Gesta CrGyOTunl; Or
the History Of the high and mighty
Ptince Henry, Prince OF PurpOole, Arch
duke of S,apuiia anu Bernadia Staples
and Bernard's Inns Duke of High
and Nether-Holbom, Marques Of st.
Giles al TOttenhaD, Count PalatIne OF
Bloomsbury and ClerkenTe1, Great
Lord Of the Can'oJs Ct Islington, Kent
ish Town, ETC., Knight and Sovereign
of the most her0ical order OF the Hell
met who reigued and died A. d. 1884"
Thus we tiud precedent for f0oleries
and public miTth among the grOtesque
hum0rs and clumsy as,imes or our an
cestors, and while the Roman Saturna'
Lis is tTansplanted into christian COM
munities "had," as We are told, "ior is
singular principle that CT interiors,
whimsicslly and in mOckeIy, personi-
tying their supeTiOrs with a licensed
liceutiCusness. I" These Christmas sports
and Mardi-G.a3 festivities from a dis
tinct characteristic form other popular
customs and Ia'timGs which scholars
bava traced to the a6nve source, and
even to more ancient times and nations,
as will be seen by our preceding
article upon the subject. But it
is inteTe sting to glance row and
then over the pages OF the past, and find
out how anu sing and exec ,sively ridicu-
Ious were these psstimes, especially as re-
cards the custom OF the ancient order in
EGG and, when the judges were offended
also the whole bsr-because the I'M
der-barris!ers refused to dance-a good
chance for the talent of that distin-
guished terpsichCreau artist, Prof. Will
liam Mueller. These results have been
ridicuIed by Prior, in his alma; Dome,
in his ,Sdtires; and Pope, in his DWncGid
1.-THE Judge to dance his brother ser
geants' calln