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The mediaeval stage, volume 2 (of 2)

Note 468 — Chapter XXIII · MORALITIES, PUPPET-PLAYS, AND PAGEANTS

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Sharp, 172, quotes from a contemporary writer a passage showing that the Dublin procession, like those of Coventry and Shrewsbury, lasted to a recent date: ‘The Fringes was a procession of the trades and corporations, performed in Ireland on Corpus Christi day, even within the author’s recollection. King Solomon, Queen of Sheba, with Vulcan, Venus, and Cupid, were leading persons upon this occasion.’

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