[89] Why do they call the Quirinalia the Feast of Fools?[206]
Is it because, as Juba[207] states, they apportioned that day to men who did not know their own kith and kin?[208] Or was it granted to those who, because of some business, or absence from Rome, or ignorance, had not sacrificed with the rest of their tribe on the Fornacalia, that, on this day, they might take their due enjoyment of that festival?