Roland the Farter
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Roland the Farter (also know in contemporary records as Roland le Fartere) was a medieval flatulist who held Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 30 acres of land in return for his services as a jester for the king. Each year he was obliged to perform "Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum" (one jump, one whistle, and one fart) in King Henry II's court at Christmas.
Roland is listed in the 13th century English Liber Feodorum (Book of Fees).
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- Bartlett, Robert (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225. Oxford University Press, p. 236. ISBN 0199251010.
- The Language of Farting by Evan R. Goldstein, Chronicle of Higher Education. (Retrieved November 18, 2007)
