APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL April Fool Day is not so popular as it used to be. At one time, however, all sorts of silly jokes were played upon small boys. One that re-appeared every year consisted of sending * k° y bookshop to buy “The Life and Adventures of Eve’s Mother ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1934
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL!

... APRIL FOOL! Sir, —Mr. Devin ha« made Aprd fools the tramwaymen, and no mistake! obtains them 6s. a week increase, and the ...

APRIL FooL

... APRIL FooL. The April fish, the poisaonsd'Avril, is the ' l French term for what we call an April fool. The custom of sending people on fool's errands on April Ist is probably due to the change of the calendar in France in 1564; but there • Hindu ...

Published: Friday 08 July 1910
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL. It was the pier it happened; I was slrclling all aJonc. Wond’nng how folks made their fortunes, wond'ring how make own. When this little kid approached me, and, quite serious, says met* What's that coming in the bar. Bill?’ ami lie pointed ...

Published: Saturday 15 April 1922
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 202 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL!

... APRIL FOOL! The origin of All Fools’ Day has been hotly disputed by antiquarians without any definite conclusion being reached beyond = conviction that the custom of April fooling hailed from France, where an April *fool” is called a “fish.” The folly ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1929
Newspaper: South Bank Express
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AN APRIL FOOL

... AN APRIL FOOL. Very early the morning of April 1 an old man, notorious for bis irritability, was disturbed by the ringing of his bell. Hastily enveloping bis figure in dressing-gown threw open window and putting out bis head asked some young fellows who ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1908
Newspaper: Framlingham Weekly News
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 104 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

April Fool

... April Fool I,‘XI’LAI.\'IN(‘- that he had 4 made a 30 mile journey to Newmarket (Cambs.) Magistrates’ Court on Monday, thinking that the date was April Ist, Basil John Bird, of 5, Council Houses, Watlon Road, Hockham, Norfolk, told the Cambs, Magistrates ...

Published: Saturday 05 April 1947
Newspaper: Newmarket Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AN APRIL FOOL

... AN APRIL FOOL. Here is good story that is going the rounds in London :—Scene : A suburban villa. Time: April Ist. Maud (aged 12) shouting from top Rom): Oh, Mama! here's a mac kissing our ne% nurse. Mother : Noosense, child. lfau.l: It's quite true ...

Published: Friday 28 April 1905
Newspaper: Millom Gazette
County: Cumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL!

... APRIL FOOL! The origin of All Fools* Day has been hotly disputed antiquarians without definite conclusion being reached beyond conviction that the custom April looting hailed from France, where April tool is called a “fish.” The folly is said to have ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1928
Newspaper: Framlingham Weekly News
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

April Fool

... April Fool. Th» a4.pnl fish, tho “poisson d’Avrfl,” tho French terra for what call au ** Apnl - The custom ©ending people on fool’s brands April Ist is probably duo to tho change ol calendar in Franco in 1564; .but there Hindu feast March 51sfc when ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1911
Newspaper: Islington Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 66 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL!

... APRIL FOOL!. The let of April, was not allowed to pass without one practical joke being played on the enemy, writes Eye-Witness. An aviator dying deer the Lille Aerodrome dropped a football. hien slowly through the air, and tall d be Qin flurrying ...

Published: Saturday 17 April 1915
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

April Fool!

... April Fool! Imaginary errands and then laugh at them. Very interesting, said father, ladling out the porridge. I wish you'd fetch the newspaper from the hall, Herbert. Uncle Herbert, who was both polite and learned, hastened into the hall. You've ...

Published: Monday 01 April 1935
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 5 | Tags: none