The Origin of April Fool's Day.
Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. There really wasn't a "first April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.
The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.
However, communications being what they were in the days when news travelled by foot, many people did not receive the news for several years. Others, the more obstinate crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as "fools" by the general public. They were subject to some ridicule, and were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt of other practical jokes.
i know a trick each fist day of the month say pinch punch fist day of the month then you pinch them nd thenpunch them then say it at the same time but pinch them andpunch them softly because we do not getting hurt because john perry is not a bulling school it is a nice school that people want to be safe in if you do it hard it will probley tell there mum and the mum will not fill safe because the person punch and pinched them hard and then the person that done it will be in big big trouble and the school will get told off and the person that done it mrs carnelly will tell her or his parents
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