April Fool’s Day
The Fool’s day is celebrated on April 1st
This tradition is celebrated all around the world but more generally in Europe, for example in the United Kingdom, we call it April fool’s day.
In Spain, Fool’s day is on december 28.
For the Catholics, this date is when they celebrate St Hugues.
There are different legends, more likely is that, one day was dedicated to the god of laughter in the Ancient Greece. This day was dedicated to the craziest man and at the inversion of the rich and poor people like in a carnival. This tradition was picked up by the Romans for her goddess Aphrodite. This explication is the better if we take into account the other similar feast in
Europe and in the world.
The second legend is really famous too, in 1564, Charles IX, King of France, decided to establish the 1st January as the 1 day of the year because before it was on April the first that the 1st day of the year was.
According to the legend many persons said no and continued to make gifts of New Year on April 1st. While others continue to give presents until April.
Little by little, these fake presents have changed in jokes then in April’s fish in the back of the body. This legend is probably fake because April Fool’s day is celebrated in other countries.
Specific vocabulary :
-April Fool’s day = jour des fous en Avril – jokes = farces -Carnival = carnaval
Thanks for reading
by E and P
