Friday, March 28, 2008

April Fish

vintage French postcard

April Foolery is linked to Springtime, a custom that originates with the abundance of fish to be found in French streams during early April when the young fish had just hatched. These young fish were easy to fool with a hook and lure. Therefore, the French called them ‘Poisson d’Avril’ or ‘April Fish.’ Soon it became customary to fool people on April 1, as a way of celebrating the abundance of foolish fish.

Thanks to: Louise Towell, Stream of Dreams Murals Society


Posted by Megan Moser on 3/28/08

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At 12:05 am on 11/28/08, Proteine Produkte Sportler said:

I never knew about the story of April fools day, But I know one thing for sure, I like that art, hope you can send me one of those…

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At 8:29 am on 2/11/09, sertan said:

And so who has thought up it! Very informative

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At 2:07 pm on 4/20/09, Keith said:

Learn a new thing every day.  Feel kind of like a fish myself for not knowing that one.

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At 10:26 am on 8/19/10, natasha said:

Thanks for sharing it friend franchise sales

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