April Fish Day. 412016 Another French theory traces the origin of April Fools Day to the abundance of fish to be found in during early April when fish have hatched. In the Middle Ages its likely that the holiday coincided with the end of Lent when meat was forbidden but eating fish was acceptable.
That tradition dates back to 1564. The origin of the April Fish in France is quite obscure. But if you find a paper fish stuck to your back or even to your front door youll know youre in France where we celebrate the holiday known as Poisson davril or April Fish.
In the northern hemisphere 39 can be caught in April of which 10 are new in April and 3 will leave after April.
People who did not originally embrace this change and continued to celebrate New Years Day as April 1st were considered fools for doing so and had jokes played on them they would have paper fish some sources even say that back then they used real fish ugh stuck to their backs. 5 hours ago Like April Fools Day April Fish is a day of practical jokes and tomfoolery. Maybe it was reminiscent of the ichtus used by Christians in the Roman era. 3282014 One of the favourite April fish jokes among French children is to tape a paper fish to someones back without them knowing it.
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