April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four.” Mark Twain
Maybe you know that in the sixteenth century in France, the start of a New Year was on the first of April (Some documents said that the New Year was celebrated for 8 days, beginning on March 25 and this celebration culminated on April 1). Certainly, there was no Happy New Year of ABBA but people also celebrated the New Year in nearly the same way as we do nowadays with parties and dance into the late hours of the night. Suddenly in 1562 (under Charles IX), the new year fell on the first of January as Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world. It was a big change, however, some obstinate people did not accepted this change, or some others even did not know anything about the new calendar (you can figure out the reason when news traveled by foot on those days), so they continued to celebrate New Years Day on April 1. Other people thought this was so ridiculous that they played tricks on them and call them April fools.
The word April fool or Poisson dAvril (which means April Fish) has become very popular and the...
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