Small silver snail artifact may be a medieval ‘meme’

They may not have had the internet, but medieval people still liked to share a joke — as the discovery of what archaeologists are dubbing a historic “meme” found in northern England suggests.
A “quirky and unique” mount depicting a man emerging from a snail’s shell on the back of a goat was discovered in a field in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, last year. https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/snail-medieval-meme-scli-gbr-intl-scn/index.html