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比较全的April Fools Day愚人节相关知识的英文介绍 　?? April Fools Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. 　　In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Years Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated in on April 1, so others called them April Fools. 　　Each country celebrates April Fools Day differently. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They tape a paper fish to their friends backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!” 　　In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle” if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird. 　　In the America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of Aprol. They may point down to your shoe and say, “ Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then. 1.April Fools Day or All Fools Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends and neighbors, or sending them on fools errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. In some countries, April Fools jokes (also called April Fools) are only made before midday. [1] It is also widely celebrated on the Internet. 2.Origin The origin of this custom has been much disputed. Many theories have been suggested. What seems certain is that it is in some way or other a relic of those once universal festivities held at the vernal equinox, which, beginning on old New Years Day, the 25th of March, ended on the 1st of April. It has been suggested that Europe derived its April-fooling from the French [2]. France was one of the first nations to