Subject
Brisbane, Brisbane Courier, "commem day", commemoration procession, jesters, "medieval mummers", mummery, mummer, Queensland, student pranks, university student, University of Queensland.
Description
This article taken from The Brisbane Courier in 1929 discusses undergraduate students from the University of Queensland taking to the streets on "Commem Day". The author compares them to medieval mummers.The anonymous author also explains that on commem day students put on the cap and bells of jesters. Jesters were pranksters and jokers often employed to provide entertainment, whilst mummers perform in comic 'mummers' plays'. Both of these traditions date back to the medieval period.