Will you be pranking any of your family or friends this April Fools' Day? Then you should know all the unwritten rules of the annual holiday.
April Fools' Day is fast approaching and Brits are now getting ready to fool their friends and family with a host of pranks. This is a popular annual tradition where people enjoy a silly phone call or two on April 1 - but where did it come from?
"Whether you are planning to celebrate or not, knowing the traditions and facts about April Fools’ Day will make for great discussions." This rule has a range of theories, including the idea that the day honours the spirit of Folly, a force believed to be very powerful. Because of this, the day needs to be contained within some sort of limit to avoid outright chaos.
Another popular theory among historians comes from ancient Rome. Hilaria, which is Latin for joyful, were festivals was celebrated towards the end of March by followers of the cult of Cybele and entailed members of the cult dressing up in disguises and mocking and pulling jokes towards citizens. The festival was said to be inspired by the Egyptian legends of Osiris, Isis, and Seth and is now said to have potentially inspired April Fools’ Day as we know it today.
This rule can be traced back as early as 1851 in a passage written in a British Journal which said those who played pranks afternoon would be told: “April fool's gone past, You're the biggest fool at last.”
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