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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_table_footnotes(self, fns, refs, specials):
 """Override to account for awkward RSC table footnotes."""

        footnotes = []
        for fn in fns:
            footnote = self._parse_text(fn, refs=refs, specials=specials, element_cls=Footnote)[0]
            footnote += Footnote('', id=fn.getprevious().get('id'))
            footnotes.append(footnote)
        return footnotes