April Fools Day

[Marta Russell]

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