Witnessing the absence of proper?#TwelfthNight?merrymaking on the?#Northshore, the?#StJohnFoolsofMisrule?was formed to announce the arrival of?#Carnival?season to?#StTammany?Parish. The organization's rituals are derived from an ancient?#English?men's group that clamored along the evening streets, creating unruliness with cowbells and whips while delivering jeers and spankings to those caught on the street unaware.