The Court Jesters were members of the Royal Court Staff. The Jesters were often catalysts for social change. The Jesters were given freedoms granted to no one else. They could answer back to anyone in authority and make jest of almost anyone or anything without fear of punishment.
The Jesters wore bright costumes:
* green and saffron-coloured
* bells
* jagged collars
* coats
* pointed three colour caps.
Their skills consisted of:
+ juggling
+ acrobatics
+ storytelling
+ puppetry
+ magic
+ contortion
+ tightrope walking
+ fire eating
+ working with animals
Entertain royalty with skills:
+ music
+ dance
+ mime
+ wit
Those not fortunate enough to be hired by the King, wandered the streets as minstrels, attracting an audience where ever they could.
There seems to be a connection to The Masons in modern times. The Masons are a kind of financial mafia with their tentacles firmly in the police, the banking system, the judiciary, government and the business community in general. A Sub-Group of The Masons is called The Shriners and it looks like they wear a Fez. ‘Royal Order of Jesters’; the world’s largest non-religious Charity Scam. http://sandyfrost.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/15/1304754-jesters-exposed
