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

artiesanddancingintothelatehoursofthenight.Thenin1562,PopeGregoryintroducedanewcalendarfortheChristianw

orld,andthenewyearfellonJanuaryfirst.Thereweresomepeople,however,whohadn'theardordidn'tbelievethechangeinthedate,sotheycontinuedtoc

elebrateNewYear'sDayonAprilfirst.Othersplayedtricksonthemandcalledthem"Aprilfools."Theysentthemona"fool'se

rrand"ortriedtomakethembelievethatsomethingfalsewastrue.InFrancetoday,Aprilfirstiscalled"Poissond'Avril."Frenchchildrenfool

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

ricansplaysmalltricksonfriendsandstrangersalikeonthefirstofApril.OnecommontrickonAprilFool'sDay,orAllFool'sDay,ispointingdowntoafriend'sshoeandsay

ing,"Yourshoelaceisuntied."Teachersinthenineteenthcenturyusedtosaytopupils,"Look!Aflockofgeese!"andpointup.Schoolchildrenmigh

ttellaclassmatethatschoolhasbeencanceled.Whateverthetrick,iftheinnocentvictimfallsforthejokethepranksteryells,"Apri

lFool!"The"fools'errands"weplayonpeoplearepracticaljokes.Puttingsaltinthesugarbowlforthenextpersonis

notanicetricktoplayonastranger.Collegestudentssettheirclocksanhourbehind,sotheirroommatesshowuptothew

rongclass-ornotatall.Somepracticaljokesarekeptupthewholedaybeforethevictimrealizeswhatdayitis.MostAprilFo

oljokesareingoodfunandnotmeanttoharmanyone.ThemostcleverAprilFooljokeistheonewhereeveryonelaughs,especiallythepersonuponwhomthejokeisplayed."Thef

irstofAprilisthedaywerememberwhatwearetheother364daysoftheyear.”-AmericanhumoristMarkTwain