If you have ever wondered who the April Fool is and why he got his name or even how, and why, we celebrate his own special day...April Fool's Day...this is his story.
He came to be much loved by the members of his little village. He was the prankster who was always trying to trick others into believing his jokes and his ridicules. He loved to spring out from the bushes and yell 'cuckoo, cuckoo' and throw old dead fishes upon passersby. He would laugh uproariously and they would get even...by later pinning caricatures of dead fish upon his own back when he wasn't looking. Thus, in great jesting and fun, they made him the 'poisson d'avril', instead.
P.S. April Fool's !!!
jovaliquilts 6:14 AM
Interesting -- I didn't know (didn't remember??) the story, but I lived in Paris for a year and on April 1 you can buy "poisson d'avril" chocolates in the stores, and kids still tape fish on each other's backs. It was fun!
Tracey in CT 7:20 AM
Thanks for sharing this!! Thing One was just asking me about the 'why' of April Fools Day yesterday, now I can answer her question and still stay lazy! LOL.
A Quilting Journey 6:51 PM
For anyone who hasn't caught on, I pulled an April's fool joke on you!
If you have ever wondered who the April Fool is and why he got his name or even how, and why, we celebrate his own special day...April Fool's Day...this is his story.
He came to be much loved by the members of his little village. He was the prankster who was always trying to trick others into believing his jokes and his ridicules. He loved to spring out from the bushes and yell 'cuckoo, cuckoo' and throw old dead fishes upon passersby. He would laugh uproariously and they would get even...by later pinning caricatures of dead fish upon his own back when he wasn't looking. Thus, in great jesti
ng and fun, they made him the 'poisson d'avril', instead.
P.S. April Fool's !!!
jovaliquilts 6:14 AM
Interesting -- I didn't know (didn't remember??) the story, but I lived in Paris for a year and on April 1 you can buy "poisson d'avril" chocolates in the stores, and kids still tape fish on each other's backs. It was fun!
Tracey in CT 7:20 AM
Thanks for sharing this!! Thing One was just asking me about the 'why' of April Fools Day yesterday, now I can answer her question and still stay lazy! LOL.
A Quilting Journey 6:51 PM
For anyone who hasn't caught on, I pulled an April's fool joke on you!