April Fool’s Day

April Fool’s Day

 

1. What is April Fool’s Day?

April Fool’s Day is an annual celebration on the first day of April as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as "April fools". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained on subsequent days. Popular since the 19th century, the day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States.

2. What is the purpose of April Fool’s Day?

These people were considered "fools" and invitations to non-existent parties andOther practical jokes were played on them. “All Fools' Day" is practiced in many parts of the world with practical jokes and Sending people on a fool's errand. Others believe that the origin began with celebrations at the Spring Equinox.

3. What are a few theories behind April Fool’s Day?

The custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbor is recognized everywhere. Some precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, the Holi festival of India, and the Medieval Feast of Fools. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March big and thrifty days and two. Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote March was gon.Thus the passage originally meant 32 days after March, May, the anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381. Readers apparently misunderstood this line to mean "32 March", i.e. 1 April. In Chaucer's tale, the vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.

4. What are a few Pros and Cons of April Fool’s Day?

Pros

·         It a great celebration

·         You get to have a laugh

·         You get to prank people

Cons

·         People can take it too  far

·         People can get hurt

·         Jokes might not be funny