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That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 13, 2025
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The members of the Municipal Council were all dignified men with an aura of importance and solemnity. Nevertheless, one of them was required to wear the traditional French Rooster Costume at the annual Festival, the head of which lay on a chair in the foreground of this painting.
[per the Internet]:
“The origin of that mascot dates back to Ancient history.
“At that time, Romans were laughing at Gauls because of a linguistic coincidence – in Latin, the word ‘gallus’ means Gaul… but also rooster! With time, the French kings adopted the rooster as a symbol of courage and bravery.
“During the Revolution, the rooster became the symbol of people and of the State: it was engraved on coins. Napoleon preferred the eagle, the symbol of imperial Rome, but the raptor was soon shooed away from France.”
Still, none of the men sitting in that room relished becoming known as “Chicken Man” during the upcoming year. They looked away from each other, hoping that someone other among them would temporarily shed his dignity to take on the ‘honor’…