Fooling Around!
The Lifestyle journalist|April 2017

Fooling Around!.

Anisha Patnaik
Fooling Around!

Why can’t we get over April Fool’s Day?

We can forget when our best friend’s birthday is but not Fool’s Day; all thanks to popular media and those days in school when the first day of April meant that all our naughty classmates would be ready with a host of silly pranks up their sleeves.

What is more, children who had their birthdays on this very “eventful” day would never disclose it for fear of being branded a ‘fool’. Like it or not, most of us have grown up with our share of April Fools’ Day stories of having played pranks and being pranked on. But when and where really did this day originate? While there is no consensus on which one in particular holds true, there are a number of theories relating to the origin of the day that have been doing the rounds for time immemorial now. Here are some of the most interesting theories that have surfaced over the years. History behind the Fool’s Day!

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