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... celebra- tion of the Ist of April as All Fo!os' Day is by no meons confined . to Engladl, the syrionymn ln Fiance for an April Fool being Poisson d'AvrIl.' The custoie is no doubt rielated to the Huli Festival, which Ims been kept up towarts the end ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1884
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1371 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

CALENDAR FOR NEXT WEEK

... celebration of the 1st of April asa is All F1eols' Day is by no means conlined to England. 2- e the synonyin in PIrauce for an April Fool hbeing . L 1'Poiso:i d'Avril.' The onstonr is no doubt reltedf is to tte ULnlit Festival, which has been-kept up towvads ...

Published: Saturday 29 March 1884
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1567 | Page: 11 | Tags: News 

Topics of the Week

... by themselves and their friends about their health. It would probably be much the same if the pleasant fellow who made an April fool of a Bond Street tradesman fell into the grasp of his evidently exasperated dupe. We should hear appeals made to a magistrate ...

Published: Saturday 12 April 1884
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4528 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

PRACTICAL JOKING ON AÚJ FOOLS1 DAY. ',

... next, at 10 o'clock must be tual.' O11 arriving at the address our man covered that we, among some 50 others, had made April fools of. As we do not keep au est** lishmeat for the amusement of people of | intellect, we shall be happy to give £ 5 I any ...

Published: Saturday 05 April 1884
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

PRACTICAL JOKING ON ALL FOOLS' DAY

... o'clock must be punc- tual.' On arriving at the address our man dis- covered that we, among some 50 others, had been made April fools of. As we do not keep an estab- lishment for the amusement of people of weak intellect, we shall be happy to give £5 reward ...

Published: Thursday 03 April 1884
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

APRIL FACTS, FANCIES, AND FROLICS

... nnycwrth of inkle to a shoemaker's, and her eldest daughter wass sent ubcet half a mile to see a monster. This rsalkirg of April fools, or 'gov.wks,' is properly an allusion to the cuckoo, which, according to Brand's Popular Anti- iattes-. b149, voi. 1 ...

Published: Friday 28 March 1884
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1323 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... obedient servant, Scarning, March 14. AUGUSTUS JESsopp. RESCUE THE PRIMROSE! To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-April Fools' Day (new style) is rapidly approaching. I allude, of course, to the hybrid anniversary imposed upon us by Tory-Democrats ...

Published: Tuesday 18 March 1884
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1319 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

NOMINATION OF OVERSEERS FOR STAPLETON PARISH

... Ball- We willsettleitnow), Apollhowever, was demanded, and the CHAmarM&r isslwalted that le would be fixed for April 1st-April fools day (loud laughter). Mr. J. LOVELL again asked if it were not possible for a compromise to be effested ( No, no ), Ilhe ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1884
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1672 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

YESTERDAY'S PARLIAMENT

... o'clock ; must be punctual. On arriving at the address our man discovered that we, among some fifty others, had been made April fools o4 As we do not keep an establishment for the amusement of people of weak intellect; we shall be happy to give Ls reward ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1884
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2189 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

Passing Notes

... tol11les to th1e account of 1h1 disicovery ' i h211 comll - !melit of tile story wouldl h0ave leen to lieep toie ?? tion for April Fools' Day, 1-5884. Mr inquest w1as held, on Thursday, by lho C'iO Coroner ?? the bodly of MIr. Georc Gentl,01 alge fi'tfl' tlIrCe ...

Published: Saturday 02 February 1884
Newspaper: Illustrated Police News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1576 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

... such a very bad character as it has done, I cannot say like Topsy, and many other things, I expect the cus- tom of making April Fools growed. What do you say? Here is a story quite in keeping with the day. THE WISE FOOLS OF GOTHAM. Gotham is a village ...

Published: Saturday 29 March 1884
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2451 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... 10 o'clock; must be punctual.' On arivng at the address our man discovered that we, among some 50 othiers, had been made April fools of. As we do not keep an establishment for the amusement of people of, weak intellect, we shall be happy to give X5 reward ...

Published: Saturday 05 April 1884
Newspaper: Ipswich Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 6420 | Page: 5 | Tags: News