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Master's Chair we can see a coat of
arms which reads "Bro. Gran'pop,
Simian Lodge", i.e. a lodge for
monkeys, the emblems consisting
of a grapevine, an apple, a square
and compass, and the triple tau. In
all these cartoons, real Masonic
symbols have been mixed with
fruit which of course have no
Masonic meaning.
There are other artists who like
to pun on curious Masonic habits
(or what they imagine are Masonic
habits), for example the designer of
the following postcard, taken from
a series circulating in Great Britain
since 1908. In the popular belief,
next to the goat riding myth,
Masonic baptism is often made fun
of. Claudy explains the solemnity
of this sacred ceremony and the
misunderstanding of the profanes
as follows:
Chapter 9 - Masonic and Anti-Masonic Literature
Non-Baptists sometimes find in the ceremony of Baptism by immersion
a cause for mirth; the good God who made them knows why, I don't.
Baptism, by immersion, or any other method, is a solemn, sacred
ceremony. That a spectator cannot see the ceremony for the water, or its
meaning because some one is being "ducked," is his misfortune.
It is so in the Sublime Degree. The pitiful tragedy of the Third
Degree is intended to, and usually does, make a deep and lasting
impression upon a Mason's mind. 1954
1954 Claudy, A Master's Wages, p. 13.