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1AprilFool'sDay(April1)Insixteenth-centuryFrance,thestartofthenewyearwasobservedonAprilfirst.Itwascelebratedi

nmuchthesamewayasitistodaywithpartiesanddancingintothelatehoursofthenight.Thenin1562,PopeGregoryintroducedanewcalendarfortheChristianworld,andthenewy

earfellonJanuaryfirst.Thereweresomepeople,however,whohadn'theardordidn'tbelievethechangeinthedate,sotheycontinuedtocelebra

teNewYear'sDayonAprilfirst.Othersplayedtricksonthemandcalledthem"Aprilfools."Theysentthemona"fool'serrand"ortriedtom

akethembelievethatsomethingfalsewastrue.InFrancetoday,Aprilfirstiscalled"Poissond'Avril."Frenchchildrenfooltheirfriendsbytapingapaperfisht

otheirfriends'backs.Whenthe"youngfool"discoversthistrick,thepranksteryells"Poissond’Avril!"(AprilFish!)TodayAmericansplaysm

alltricksonfriendsandstrangersalikeonthefirstofApril.OnecommontrickonAprilFool'sDay,orAllFool'sDay,ispointingdowntoafriend'sshoeandsaying,"Y

ourshoelaceisuntied."Teachersinthenineteenthcenturyusedtosaytopupils,"Look!Aflockofgeese!"andpointup.Schoolchildrenmighttellaclassmateth

atschoolhasbeencanceled.Whateverthetrick,iftheinnocentvictimfallsforthejokethepranksteryells,"AprilFool!"The"fools

'errands"weplayonpeoplearepracticaljokes.Puttingsaltinthesugarbowlforthenextpersonisnotanicetricktoplayonas

tranger.Collegestudentssettheirclocksanhourbehind,sotheirroommatesshowuptothewrongclass-ornotatall.Somepracticaljo

kesarekeptupthewholedaybeforethevictimrealizeswhatdayitis.MostAprilFooljokesareingoodfunandnotmeanttoharman

yone.ThemostcleverAprilFooljokeistheonewhereeveryonelaughs,especiallythepersonuponwhomthejokeisplayed."Thefirstof

Aprilisthedaywerememberwhatwearetheother364daysoftheyear.”2-AmericanhumoristMarkTwain