april fool

ken c | 14:19 Wed 14th Apr 2004 | History

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where did the practise of playing jokes on each other on april the first come from. and is it 'All fools day'?

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France in the 1580s, probably, when the calendar changed dramatically. Click http://wilstar.com/holidays/aprilfool.htm for a website on the matter.

in France they call it April Fish 'poisson d'avril' here's a website http://www.snopes.com/holidays/april/aprlfool.htm

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