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

odaywithpartiesanddancingintothelatehoursofthenight.Thenin1562,PopeGregoryintroducedanewcalendarfortheChristianworld,andthenewyearf

ellonJanuaryfirst.Thereweresomepeople,however,whohadn'theardordidn'tbelievethechangeinthedate,sotheycontinuedtocelebrateNewYear's

DayonAprilfirst.Othersplayedtricksonthemandcalledthem"Aprilfools."Theysentthemona"fool'serrand"ortriedtomakethembelievethatsomethingfalsewastrue.InFr

ancetoday,Aprilfirstiscalled"Poissond'Avril."Frenchchildrenfooltheirfriendsbytapingapaperfishtotheirfriends'backs.Whenthe"youngfool"di

scoversthistrick,thepranksteryells"Poissond’Avril!"(AprilFish!)TodayAmericansplaysmalltricksonfriendsandstrangersalikeonthefirstof

April.OnecommontrickonAprilFool'sDay,orAllFool'sDay,ispointingdowntoafriend'sshoeandsaying,"Yourshoelaceisuntied."Teachersin

thenineteenthcenturyusedtosaytopupils,"Look!Aflockofgeese!"andpointup.Schoolchildrenmighttellaclassmatethatsc

hoolhasbeencanceled.Whateverthetrick,iftheinnocentvictimfallsforthejokethepranksteryells,"AprilFool!"The"fools'errands"weplayonpeoplearepra

cticaljokes.Puttingsaltinthesugarbowlforthenextpersonisnotanicetricktoplayonastranger.Collegestudentssettheirclocksanhourbehind,sotheirroommates

showuptothewrongclass-ornotatall.Somepracticaljokesarekeptupthewholedaybeforethevictimrealizeswhatdayitis.Mos

tAprilFooljokesareingoodfunandnotmeanttoharmanyone.ThemostcleverAprilFooljokeistheonewhereeveryonelaughs,especiallythepersonuponwh

omthejokeisplayed."ThefirstofAprilisthedaywerememberwhatwearetheother364daysoftheyear.”-AmericanhumoristMarkTwain