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juniperb
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posted April 01, 2012 09:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy April Knowflakes
Do you have any good pranks planned ?


Precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, held March 25, and the Medieval Feast of Fools, held December 28, still a day on which pranks are played in Spanish-speaking countries.

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two. Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn March was gon. Thus the passage originally meant 32 days after April, i.e. May 2, 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 "March 32", i.e. April 1. In Chaucer's tale, the vain **** Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.

In 1508 French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to the holiday. In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on April 1. In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference. On April 1, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".

In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 in most European towns.[8] In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on April 1. Many writers suggest that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on January 1 made fun of those who celebrated on other dates.[ The use of January 1 as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-16th century, and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
Precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, held March 25,[1] and the Medieval Feast of Fools, held December 28,[2] still a day on which pranks are played in Spanish-speaking countries.

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.[3] Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn March was gon. Thus the passage originally meant 32 days after April, i.e. May 2,[5] 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 "March 32", i.e. April 1.[6] In Chaucer's tale, the vain **** Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.

In 1508 French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to the holiday.[7] In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on April 1.[5] In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference.[5] On April 1, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".[5]

In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 in most European towns.[8] In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on April 1.[1][2] Many writers suggest that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on January 1 made fun of those who celebrated on other dates.[1] The use of January 1 as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-16th century,[5] and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
Precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, held March 25,[1] and the Medieval Feast of Fools, held December 28,[2] still a day on which pranks are played in Spanish-speaking countries.

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.[3] Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn March was gon.[4] Thus the passage originally meant 32 days after April, i.e. May 2,[5] 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 "March 32", i.e. April 1.[6] In Chaucer's tale, the vain **** Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.

more of the article :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

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Randall
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posted April 03, 2012 10:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Every year, I plan on doing a really bad LL prank, but I just can't do it.

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juniperb
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posted April 03, 2012 10:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I stayed clean this year too . Usually I get someone...

LOL did you see the distracted walking lane one for texting people ?


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ghanima81
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posted April 03, 2012 11:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ghanima81     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh, Miss Juni! I love stuff like this! Thanks for the link and interesting info!

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posted April 03, 2012 04:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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posted April 04, 2012 11:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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