April Fools Day

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Mon Apr 1 10:45:10 PST 2002


April 1 is the day called "April Fools' Day" in some parts of the world. Thought it would be of interest to H-Disability subscribers to have some links to pages about the history of "fools" (who, of course, were often people with disabilities of various descriptions)--as usual, inclusion below does not imply endorsement of all the language or ideas at any website. (It's incredible how much goofy stuff I dragged through just to find these somewhat more respectable offerings.)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/3883/index.html l First page of Lisa Nelsen-Woods' rather extensive "Jester Pages"--history and mythbusting about court jesters and fools, including a page listing "famous fools" with brief biographical explanations

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/640914.html An excerpt from Beatrice K. Otto's _Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World_ (U of Chicago Press 2001). -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA www.disweb.org



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