Saturday, July 16, 2011

OLD FART AT PLAY
Was Berthold le Fartere just another Medieval gasbag?

'The serjeanty, which formerly was held by Roland the Farter in Hemingston in the county of Suffolk, for which he was obliged to perform every year on the birthday of our Lord before his master the king, one jump, and a whistle, and one fart, was alienated in accordance with these specific requirements.'

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