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... * * * April fool’s day fell upon the wrong day for would-be trappers this ‘vear. There was no red lamp oil sent for; but we cannot deny the fact that a young lady of our acquaintance, at a suggestion that she had a grey hair, allowed her friend to uproot ...
... well-meaning attempts of the BBC to be humorous should so persistently recoil upon the head of the humorist This- morning’s April fool ’’ joke seems to have upset a lot of listeners and their comments on the performance have lacked nothing in punch” The truth ...
... connection it is worth recalling that no references to April Fools' Day have been found in our earlier literature, and it seems that this country has derived the fashion from France, where April Fools' Day is a very ancient institution, and where the dupe ...
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... connection it is worth recalling that no references to April Fools' Day have been found in our earlier literature, and it seems that this country has derived the fashion from France, where April Fools' Day is a very ancient institution, and where the dupe ...
... Miss M. Smith, Mr. F. Beaumont, and Miss D. E. Bosworth, and two highly amusing sketches entitled “Warted, a Wife,”” and “April Fools” were performed. The artistes, who gained hearty applause, were the Misses F. Willoughty, B Atkin, M. Smith, F. Clifton ...
... amounted to £, tary and treasurer of the fete, and he had a large band of willing helpers, A highly amusing sketeh entitled “April Fools” was given during the afternoon by Mrs. J. Watson and Messrs. |.. Roberts and J. Roberts. In the evening there was enjoyable ...
... of possibility that this engiile position may be re-adopted in the near future. But to get on with the narrative of our April Fool's week-end. ·Brilliant sunshine and a crisp refreshing air saw us from Maidenhead to _Marlborough in excellen.t t ime, for ...
... from a blue and cloudless sky The camellias magnolias mimnsa and sub-tropical ’’ plants have lost their look of being “April-fooled” and arc bravo with blossom The birds are singing and there is no wind save the gentle balmy breeze that caresses one’s ...
... imagination— and that since old Isaac’s day has been something to swear by L E AMOUS APRIL JOKES — or all the centuries that April fool-i ing has been practised and for all the countries which have been addicted to this custom there are on record sur-' prisingly ...