Many French resisted the change and they were dubbed as fools and played
pranks on. They were sent the fake invitations for parties and tricked into
believing something false. The victims were called 'Poisson d'Avril' or 'April
Fish' as the inexperienced fish gets caught easily and children would often tag
of a fish's picture on someone's back. Thus, April Fools’ Day originated and
was popularly celebrated in England
and in the American colonies. It evolved and was caught on quickly
throughout the world to trick each other and have fun. Even today, people play
pranks on each other on this day in the memory of those tradition-obsessed
'fools'.
vocabulary:
vernal equinox= Spring eqinox.
endure= soportar
prank=broma
True
or False?
New Year’s Day used to be
celebrated in spring in ancient cultures. True False
The Julian calendar was
used till 1528 all over Europe. True False
People were not willing to
accept the Gregorian calendar. True False
People who were played jokes
on were called April Fish. True False
Playing tricks on 1st
April is not common anymore. True False
Experienced fish are easy to catch True False
The fool ones got a picture of a fish on their backs. True False
Choose and Write the correct word from parentheses according to the traditions of April Fool´s day.
On 'All Fools' Day' or 'April Fools'
Day', people play practical (jokes/music) and pranks on each other, crack
jokes on the expense of victims and gift each other gag gifts and then when the
victims are taken in by (marriage/innocent) , all the witnesses shout 'April Fool' at
once. The (innocent/illegal) pranks such as prompting somebody that their shoelaces
are (tied/undone) or that they have something on their faces are quite common.
At some places, one is only allowed to
play jokes until 12 noon for the jokes played after that time are
supposed to bring bad luck to the (perpetrator/innocent). Similarly, the victim is
advised to (endure/ deny) the tricks with a smile on their face, exhibiting
tolerance or amusement or they may suffer bad luck, It is said that those
fooled by a pretty girl can expect (marriage/money) or at least friendship with
her. Men are advised not to marry on this day or their wives will rule them (never/forever).
Children born on 1st of April are considered lucky generally, except in ( gambling/endure) where they will fare badly.
At some places, afternoon on 1st April
is called as 'Leggin'-down-day' and the gamblieople try to trip up any unsuspecting
victim. British media, normally considered (innocent/jokes) and sober, give in to
the excitement and tomfoolery of the day and consider hoaxes on this day as a (funny/wrong) game. With the Internet to assist them, playing pranks had become a lot easier,
fun and far reaching. April Fools’ Day is one of the funniest and most popular
pastimes of the day.
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