Origins

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April's Fools day!!! These words bring the thought of mischievousness in our little prankful mind. It is a day of pranks, mischiefs, naughtiness and the Jokers. People play practical jokes on each other that are why it is also known as 'The Jokers' Day'. 

Origins- The Joker's Day

The tale of Origin of the day is equally fascinatong.There is many tales around it.

The earliest recorded association between 1 April and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of 1 January as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.

Ancient cultures, like Romans and Hindus, celebrated New Year on or around April 1, also known as the VERTICAL EQUINOX, in medieval times

IN 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar, which came to be known as the Gregorian Calendar, replacing the old Julian Calendar, which celebrated the New year on !set April.

According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.

It also worth noticing that the other cultures also had similar traditions in them, for foolishness, at or around the start of April. This makes the Tale of origin much more confusing. The romans had festival names Hilaria, on March 25. Hindus had Holi, and Jewish had Purim. Perhaps it’s something in the time of the year, the spring time, which invokes the foolishness within

The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.