CARVING AND POPPY HEADS
2. CARVED FIGURES
3. POPPYHEAD PIETÀ
This poppy-head contains the image of the Pietà: a replica of Michaelangelo’s image of Mary holding the body of Christ after the Crucifixion.
4. POPPYHEAD LORD OF MISRULE
In England, the Lord of Misrule – known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots – was an officer appointed by lot during Christmastide to preside over the Feast of Fools. The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which often included drunkenness and wild partying.
