It is customary to play practical pranks and hoaxes on April 1st, also known as All Fools' Day or April Fools' Day[1]. By yelling "April Fools!" at the target, jokesters frequently make their acts obvious. These jokes, which can be exposed as such the next day, can involve the media. Throughout history, it has been very usual to set aside a day to pull amusing pranks on one's neighbours. [2]
Since the true history of April Fools' Day is unclear and possibly lost to time, attempting to unravel the enigma is largely ineffective. Yet, there are obviously many theories.
According to one legend, April Fools' Day originated with France's Roussillon Edict, which was passed in 1564 and ordered that New Year's Day, which Christians had previously celebrated on Easter, be moved to January 1 in order for France to transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Since Easter is a movable, lunar-based date yet frequently falls in April, early adopters are reported to have called persons celebrating the old New Year “April fools.”
Another hypothesis contends that Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century collection of tales, The Canterbury Tales, in which Chaucer included a lighthearted allusion to "32 March," or April 1st, in "The Nun's Priest's Tale," is the reason why April 1st came to be known as the fool's holiday in the late Middle Ages. Most academics, however, believe it to have been a simple copying mistake.
But the festival is also strikingly similar to certain prehistoric predecessors. On or around March 25, the ancient Roman holiday Hilaria was likewise a happy, springtime celebration. The word "hilarious" is, in fact, connected.
Another example is Holi, a Hindu spring festival celebrated in late March when participants throw coloured powder and water at one another in an effort to forgive and forget past transgressions.
It was first used in the 1600s to describe someone who had been the target of an April Fools' Day joke. The event was first mentioned in documents dating back to the 1700s as April Fools' Day, and by the 1800s, it had been apostrophized. The term "April fool" first appeared around this time to describe the trick itself.
Currently, the celebration is stylized as April Fool's Day, stressing an April fool as a distinct notion, and April Fools' Day, signifying a plurality of April fools, whether the tricks or the people who do them.
When the joke is exposed, don't forget to exclaim "April Fool!"
