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PLEASANT FOOLING

... suspiciously reversed cover. “I guess so!” ho returned, dryly, “April Fool ! You can’t catch with chaff, Miss Maggie I” Oh, look, please look !” cried Margaret. “Icm’fcwait. It hao April Fool, but it’s a lovely one. Oh please look “ Yes, Tom, don’t disappoint ...

Published: Friday 15 April 1887
Newspaper: Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
County: Ayrshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 581 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FOR YOUNG FOLKS

... Perhaps I should say the one day which used to exercise your ingenuity, for, from all I can hear, the pranks now played on APRIL FOOLS' DAY are very few indeed. The origin of the custom of April-foolieg is lost in antiquity. The Hindoos have, in their HMli ...

Published: Friday 13 April 1888
Newspaper: Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
County: Ayrshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 806 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

x^agSPfct, 4 tm'uinal ,.;s » «*» •““Si RKCOi.LtCTIOSS tor which mual all th«nk )0' cU»W th. Steep “OueUin. a«d g»»4

... Divine mercy,’’ was the quick response. A wag sent the first April a letter, containing on a sheet paper only the words April Fool. Mr Beecher opened it, and with smile exclaimed, Well! I’ve often heard of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign ...

Published: Friday 29 July 1887
Newspaper: Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
County: Ayrshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2552 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FRID. E:E= JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. !*•oNlors sow ps leldn' Nam AM imai li.--ifEnf

... strands. This amumment forms the conclusion of the festival of Huh, and is indulged in on the 31st of March. In Scandinavia April fooling is likewise in vogue, and our neighbours across the Channel are specially fond of the entt rtainment, the victim of the ...