April Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others. No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France.
In the 16th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid-1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated it on April 1, so others called them April Fools.
April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" activity. Nobody buys gifts or goes to restaurants. Nobody gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must stay forever careful, for he may be the next April Fool!
Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They put a paper fish on their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!”
In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools' Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.
In America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April. They may point down to your shoe and say, “Your shoe's untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.
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