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Empowering Kids
April 1st, 2009
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Hey Everyone,
 No Fooling...
With today being April 1st or, as we have come to know it, "April Fools Day" I thought I would take a look at this popular "prank" day a little further. According to most websites out there the most popular theory about the origin of April Fool's Day involves the French calendar reform of the sixteenth century.
The theory goes like this: In 1564 France reformed its calendar,
moving the start of the year from the end of March to January 1. Those
who failed to keep up with the change, who stubbornly clung to the old
calendar system and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week
that fell between March 25th and April 1st, had jokes played on them.
Pranksters would surreptitiously stick paper fish to their backs. The
victims of this prank were thus called Poisson d'Avril, or April
Fish-which, to this day, remains the French term for April Fools-and so
the tradition was born. If you research a little further you will find out that...yes, there are about 20 different explanations of April Fools day making me, at least for a few moments, a fool for researching it. Enjoy today!
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