Note 365 — Chapter I · THE CHURCH’S YEAR (continued 3)
Reading edition
Migne, i. 212, col. 70-73 for the text. See Heuser, Kirchenlexikon, iv., 2nd ed., 1395 seqq. The so-called Feast of Asses, about which so much has been written, was a harmless affair. It took its name from semi-theatrical performances inspired by passages of Scripture which happen to mention an ass.