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AN APRIL FOOL

... AN APRIL FOOL. A> Helen was the cause Troy’s 'trnrtion, ao Miss Bomer-tl wan the eaase of many heurtburningH and much tribulation our tillage. It may necessary, for the proper understand* of this veritable history, that I should give a brief description ...

Published: Friday 15 April 1864
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 6237 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AN APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL It was in a private boarding-house We were a jolly crowd, Who had with talents for rich jokes Been liberally endowed ; But every now and then the men Would get the upper band, And that the girla with one accord Declared they could not stand ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1891
Newspaper: Wicklow People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1067 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

An April Fool

... An April Fool. Down at Relston they require one of those 4avis called caretakers, at 'frannack School. The dit. s enumerated ----very much so—are rather heavier than usual, for they make the mon appointed a kind of Sanitation Officer and practitioner ...

Published: Saturday 27 March 1920
Newspaper: John Bull
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 554 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL. Robbie ran into the sewing-room and cried: “Oh, mamma! There's a man in the nursery kiesing Fraulein.” Mamma dropt her sewing and rushed for the stairway. “April fool! said Robbie gleefully. “It's cnly papa.” \ THE FRIEND OF MAN, When William ...

Published: Saturday 06 August 1910
Newspaper: Evening Star
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 2 | 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 lol:{ ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1928
Newspaper: Newmarket Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AN APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL. An amusing anecdote is told of the kindly humour and readiness forgive of Dr. Kennedy, head master Shrewsbury. On the Ist cf April a mischievous boy had put the clock forward and caused the boll for morning chapel be rung an hour too soon ...

Published: Wednesday 23 June 1909
Newspaper: Northern Daily Telegraph
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

April Fool

... April Fool APRIL Ist is traditionally the day on which we try'to put one over on our friends just for a laugh. But few of us will be laughing today with the April Fool that Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has in store for us. Today (Friday, Ist April, 1994) ...

April FooL

... April Fool. I’m a man who detests silly joking, And have wondered why jokers were orn ; So 1 made up my mind to be wary, When leaving for business this morn. I didn’t reply, or even turn round, When 2 tramp asked for money relief ; But found, when I felt ...

Published: Thursday 01 April 1926
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

April Fool

... April Fool. - An American authority, answering the question—Why does the - Ctistom of fooling people prevail on April 1? says:—The origin of the custom is unknown. Some people have attributed it to the fact that the weather during the month. of ,April ...

Published: Saturday 03 April 1915
Newspaper: St. Helens Examiner
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

APRIL FOOL

... APRIL FOOL Finally on the social side the Gordon Crossett Supporters Club are having an April fool's disco in the Seagoe Hotel on Monday night, dancing from 9.00 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. and Gordon's new 1985 kart will be on display, and proper dress is requested ...

Published: Friday 29 March 1985
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 46 | Tags: none

April fool

... April fool DID you swallow our line? Last week’s front page story on the Octopus fisherman from Tong was one of the best fishy tails we’ve carried for a long time, made even better by the number of people who were hooked. As far as we know, there are ...

An April Fool

... An April Fool. If jou are interested in gardening, you will enjoy “Beautiful Gardens,” one of the most instructive books published. An amusing anecdote told of the kindly humour and readiness to forgive Dr. Kennedy, headmaster of Shrewsbury Grammar School ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1912
Newspaper: Sheffield Weekly Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 14 | Tags: none