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history of the holiday

• And many attribute the origin of this holiday to Ancient Rome, where in mid-February (and not at all at the beginning of April) the Feast of the Fools was celebrated. Apuleius believed that in ancient Rome the April Fools' deception was associated with a holiday in honor of the deity of Laughter. Others argue that this holiday originated in ancient India, where the feast of jokes was celebrated on March 31st. There is also an assumption that only the Irish joked on April 1 in the ancient world, and even then in honor of the New Year. The Icelandic sagas say that the custom of deceiving on April 1 was introduced by the gods in memory of Skadea, daughter of Thiass.
• According to another version, the custom of joking on April 1 is associated with the postponement of the new year. Until the second half of the 16th century, the European New Year began at the end of March. We prepared for this event, visited each other, gave gifts. The very meeting of the New Year took place on April 1. Later, by decree of the French king, the beginning of the year was officially celebrated on January 1, but many subjects continued to celebrate April 1. To get rid of the old traditions, they began to be called "April Fools", it became fashionable to play them off and make fun of them.

• In our country, April Fools' rallies were established after one day the inhabitants of St. Petersburg were raised from their beds early in the morning by an alarming alarm bell, usually announcing a fire. It was April 1st, and the alarm was a joke. It is also known that during the reign of Peter I, the troupe of German actors deceived both the public and the sovereign on that day by displaying on the stage instead of presenting the play a banner with the inscription "April Fools' Day." Peter did not get angry and only said, leaving the theater: "The liberty of the comedians."
• The reason for this kind of tradition was nature itself. People tried to cajole the spring moods of the weather with jokes and practical jokes.

• In Scotland, this day is called the Day of the Cuckoo.

• On this day, it is customary to send funny postcards and give gifts - small funny souvenirs. Usually jokes are played out
• with friends and acquaintances

• In the UK, it is customary to prank each other only in the morning.

• Historical reference

• Ancient Rome - the feast of fools
• France - April fish
• England - All fools day
• Russia - the first massive April Fools' draw took place in Moscow in 1703

• Joke so that it was funny to whoever you are joking at!

• Spring has come! The trickles rang! Laughter Day is Coming - The best day in April! Everyone can joke, play pranks on friends and family. On this day, you can't be sad, And walk sad, sour! Call, make a joke, Prank all your friends! Let them remember about April 1st soon!

• To live with laughter is good, It is harmful to live without laughter, If you are joking, for friends - That is still fun! Hello to all humorists, Our congratulations, Because laughter is necessary for us, without a doubt! Who comes up with laughter - Be healthy! Get congratulations - Humor again!

• Margarita collected daisies on the mountain, Margarita lost daisies in the yard.

• Tell us about your purchases.
• About what purchases?
• About purchases, about purchases,
• About my purchases.

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April 1

April Fool's Day, April Fool's Day is a worldwide holiday celebrated on April 1st. The holiday is national in Bulgaria but is celebrated in many other countries. During this holiday, it is customary to play pranks on friends and acquaintances, or just make fun of them. Traditionally, in countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, Great Britain, Australia and South Africa, draws are held only until noon, calling those who joke after this time, "April fools." The main celebration in the CIS of the Day of the Fool (Humorin) takes place in the city of Odessa on April 1.

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History

In 1509, a French poet mentioned "Poisson d'Avril" (Russian April fish), possibly referring to the holiday. It is known that in 1539 a Flemish nobleman played a prank on his servants by giving them comic instructions on April 1st. The very first direct mention of the holiday dates back to 1686, when John Aubrey mentioned "Fools Holiday" (Russian Fools Holiday). Ten years later, several Londoners tried to play a prank, inviting people to the "lion wash" in the Tower.

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There are different opinions regarding the origin of the custom, which is very widespread in almost all of Europe, of deceiving friends on April 1, sending them in different directions under various pretexts (French poisson d "avril, English april-fool, German Aprilnarr, Shotl. Gowk). Until now, it was usually explained by the reproduction of the fate of the Savior, sent from Anna to Caiaphas, from Pilate to Herod.This explanation was based on the fact that in the Middle Ages, during the Easter holiday, often in April, this scene was part of religious performances ( Others saw in this only a hint of the variability of April weather. In ancient Germany, this custom was unknown and brought there, as Grimm suggests, from France in recent centuries. Although its origin has not yet been clarified there, there is reason to assume that it is a remnant of a pagan, perhaps ancient Celtic, holiday celebrated in connection with the beginning of spring.

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Russia

The first massive April Fools' rally took place in Moscow in 1703. The heralds walked the streets and invited everyone to come to the "unheard of performance." There was no end of the audience. And when the curtain opened at the appointed hour, everyone saw a banner on the stage with the inscription: "First April - don't trust anyone!" This "unheard of performance" ended.

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Since the end of the 18th century, lines about April Fools' rallies have appeared in the works of many writers and poets. For example, Pushkin wrote in a letter to A. A. Delvig (October - November 1825) "The tsar frowned on his eyebrows, He said:" Yesterday the storm came down. Peter's Monument. " - The king burst out laughing: "First, brother, April!"

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A. N. Apukhtin in his poem "The First of April" (1857) wrote:

"Happy day! For a long time there is a patriarchal custom. We have: to lie, and all nonsense. Today, it is impudent to flog everyone. Though a lie, however, has taken root So well, in fact, that every day of the year we have Partly the first April. "

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Notable pranks

Decimal time is a common rally based on the fact that the time is going to be officially replaced by decimal. Apple buys the Beatles: a rumor started by some music journalists and still circulating in the music world. On April 1, 1915, at the height of the First World War, a French plane appeared over the German camp and dropped a huge bomb. The Germans scattered, but there was no explosion. On the bomb was the inscription "Happy April 1st!" 1950 - The West German newspaper Wiesbadener Tageblatt publishes a sensational photograph of a UFO pilot who crashed near the city. A meter tall alien in an oxygen mask; under the photo it is explained that he has one leg and moves in jumps. The photograph will be reprinted by almost all newspapers in the world. Only after many years did the employees of the newspaper confess that it was an April Fool's joke; the daughter of one of them passed for an alien.

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1957 - The BBC reports on the bumper crop of pasta in Switzerland. The company received a lot of response letters: someone was surprised that pasta grows vertically and not horizontally, someone asked to send seedlings and only a few expressed slight confusion - because until now they were sure that pasta is made from flour. 1995 - As an April Fool's joke, the weekly Sobesednik publishes material about profanity, for which the Russian prosecutor's office will initiate a criminal case against the newspaper. Taco Liberty Bell - In 1996, Taco Bell announced that it had bought the Liberty Bell to reduce the country's national debt and renamed it Taco Liberty Bell. Left-Handed Whopper: In 1998, Burger King reported that they had invented a "Left-Handed Whopper" designed specifically for left-handed people. On the same day, many people, coming to their establishments, asked for an "old" whopper for right-handers

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April Fool's Day, April Fool's Day is a worldwide holiday celebrated around the world on April 1st. Although not a national holiday, it is celebrated in many countries. During this holiday, it is customary to play pranks on friends and acquaintances, or just make fun of them. The first massive April Fools' rally took place in Moscow in 1703. The heralds walked the streets and invited everyone to come to the "unheard of performance." There was no end of the audience. And when the curtain opened at the appointed hour, everyone saw a banner on the stage with the inscription: "First April - don't trust anyone!" This "unheard of performance" ended. In Ancient Russia, since April 1, its own belief was associated: it was believed that a brownie wakes up on this day. And so that he would not be very zealous to put things in order, it was recommended to confuse him with all sorts of pranks and jokes, the victims of which were the household - because, who sees him, the brownie?

Funny riddles 10 20 30 Funny problems 10 20 30 Funny questions 10 20 30 Funny contests 10 20 30 Funny sketches 10 20 30 Funny game

Funny riddles 10 You are sitting on an airplane, in front of you is a horse, behind you is a car. Where are you at? Carousel

Funny riddles 20 What should you do when you see a green man? To cross the road

Riddles Fun 30 One eye, one horn, but not a rhino? A cow peeps around the corner

Fun problems 10 Dad, mom and older sisters are having supper, and younger brother Vassenka sits under the table and saws the table leg at a speed of 3 cm per minute. How many minutes will the dinner end if the table leg is 9 cm thick? In 3 minutes

Merry Problems 20 At exactly two o'clock in the morning, a bucket of water will be thrown out from the balcony of the twelfth floor. The water will reach the ground in 9 seconds. How much time is left for the cat Tarzan to be dry if he, sitting at the very place where the water will arrive, began to sing his favorite song at midnight and has been singing for 1 hour 57 minutes and 9 seconds? 9 seconds

Fun problems 30 There are 5 apples in the basket. How to divide them between five girls so that one apple remains in the basket? Give one girl an apple in a basket.

Fun questions 10 Which month is the shortest? May - three letters

What can you easily pick up from the ground, but you can't throw it far? Pooh Fun Questions 20

What can travel the world while staying in the same corner? Postage stamp Fun Questions 30

Funny contests 10 "Fast driver" A long thread is taken, cars are tied to one end, pencils or spools of thread are attached to the other. On the whistle of the presenter, the participants begin to wind the threads on the pencil. The winner in the competition is the one whose car reaches the finish line faster.

"Firefighters" In two jackets, the sleeves are turned inside out and hung on the backs of chairs. Chairs are placed with their backs to each other at a distance of one meter. Both contestants begin each at their own chair. At the signal from the leader, they must take their jackets, turn out the sleeves, put on, and fasten all the buttons. Then run around the opponent's chair, sit on your chair. The one who does it first wins. Funny contests 20

"Matches are not toys for children" A match is taken, moistened in water and stuck on the face of the participant, who will need to get rid of it using only facial expressions. Funny contests 30

Funny scenes 10 Teacher. When will you finally start correcting your algebra unit? Student. Already started, Mary Ivanna! I tore out a page from the magazine, now I only have to put a grade.

Funny scenes 20 Granddaughter. Grandpa, buy a dog! Grandfather. (Looks at the newspaper) But where am I going to put it? Granddaughter. Well buy it! Grandfather. (Without looking up from the newspaper) But what to feed it? Not enough for yogurt myself! Granddaughter. Well, grandfather, well, buy-and-and! Grandfather. Leave me alone! (Closes newspaper) Listen, sell it to somebody else!

Mama. Well, how's it going at school today, son? A son. (Joyfully) Fine! Mama. Are you saying you didn't run like crazy today at recess? A son. Didn't run. Mama. And did not croak under the desk? A son. Didn't croak. Mama. Didn't let the airplanes go in class? A son. I didn’t let him. Mama. And didn't you fight the girls? A son. Didn't fight. Mama. And in the dining room did you pour compote for everyone in the soup? A son. Didn't pour. Mama. (Concerned) What happened? (Puts his hand to his forehead) Are you sick? A son. (Joyfully) No, I just stood in the corner all day! Funny scenes 30

April 1 - April Fool's Day! The presentation was prepared by: Kindergarten teacher of the Kindergarten No. 10 of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg Ilyina Svetlana Gennadievna

April Fool's Day April 1 The sun's rays are laughing together, And you laugh with them! Sasha and Alyonka love to laugh, It's hard for them to part with the first of April.

One day Sasha woke up, stretched himself and went to wash. Suddenly he looks: a face painted with toothpaste smiles at him from the mirror. The boy was surprised. Suddenly something flew into the bathroom. "Ghosts?" - Sasha was frightened. But it was just a balloon that deflated and therefore flew. "What does this mean?" “After all, today is the first of April! Day of laughter and jokes, - Alyonka laughed, who started something in the morning. - Let's go outside: even the sun is laughing there! "

The first of April is a very unusual holiday. But many people love him. It is on this day that you can joke, play pranks on friends and even parents. It is impossible to ignore this holiday. There will definitely be a joker. Therefore, be careful! After all, even the most serious adults on this day become children and are fond of the game. The custom of having fun, joking and deceiving each other on April 1 exists in many countries. Someone calls April 1 April Fool's Day, someone - Fools' Day. The Italians call April 1 Day of the Boobies, the Scots call it the Day of the Cuckoos, and the Japanese call it the Day of the Dolls. April Fools' Day is very popular in Ukraine and Russia

The history of the holiday Many years ago, the New Year was celebrated in the spring. The happiest holiday took place on April 1st. But the French king ordered to celebrate the New Year on January 1. Many subjects did not obey, because they were used to celebrating. Then they began to laugh at them, make fun of them and call them "April Fools". And the gifts were given empty - usually there was nothing in a large package or there was some trifle. The same story happened in England and Scotland. And in other countries, they say, this holiday came under the familiar name - April Fool's Day.

The second story of the origin of the holiday There is still such a story. Emperor Constantine lived. And he had jesters who entertained and soothed him. Once, for a joke, they told the emperor that they could rule the state better than any king. For the sake of laughter, Constantine gave the reins of government to one of the jesters for a day. And the jester issued an order that this day henceforth and forever be considered the Day of Foolishness. April 1 is not listed as a holiday in any calendar. In the United States, it is called "a holiday of the heart, not the state." Maybe that's right: they say people who know how to laugh will stay young and beautiful longer.

The most popular joke of schoolchildren has always been a piece of paper that clung to the back with the inscription "Waiting for a kick." And for some reason everyone likes the joke: "Your whole back is white!" The Germans have a long tradition of sending someone for something that cannot be brought. As in a fairy tale: "Go there, I don't know where." This joke is called "sending someone in April." “The fool must be chased, sent three miles away,” the Germans think. So they send: now for mosquito fat, then for the tongue of a donkey. On this day, the British sew up the sleeves of their relatives' sweaters, send parcels to friends with a rope to tie the wind. You may be asked to find striped paint or a straight hook in the store. Do you think this is possible?

On April Fool's Day, it is customary to play pranks on friends and acquaintances. This is a wonderful and fun custom. However, most people are more attentive on this day, so it is not so easy to play a trick on them.

Traditions of different countries Each country has its own traditions of playing tricks on people. In Finland, April Fool's Day has been very popular in the villages. In the morning, parents sent their children to neighbors for a thing that doesn't really exist. For example, behind the "wooden scissors" or "cocktail comb". Children visited neighbors. Those, in turn, "remembered" that they had already given this instrument to someone else. And the child went to the next yard ... And in America, from year to year on April 1, a huge bowl of ice cream is brought out to one of the streets of the capital. But the taste of this ice cream is somehow unusual - beans or corn ...

Once upon a time, TV images were black and white. Imagine what your favorite cartoon characters looked like! And so an employee of the technical department of the only television channel in Sweden at that time hit the news on April 1. He said that an easy way has finally been found to make television in color. To do this, it was necessary to pull on nylon stockings over the television screen. Hundreds of thousands of people took his advice and tried in vain to see even the smallest signs of the appearance of a color picture. Imagine how many people after that called each other "April Fools"!

laughs Why glasses? Grandma is reading a book. The grandson asks: - Grandma, why are you wearing glasses? - Because they make the letters bigger, kid. - Then put them on, please, when you cut me a pie

laughs Mom knows Mom (to the son who searches the room): - What are you looking for there? Boy: - Nothing. - Then look in the box where the candy is. So what? - What are you doing, Masha? - the elder sister asks the five-year-old girl. - I am writing a letter to my friend Katya. - Oh really? But you can't write. - So what, - Masha answers, - Katya does not know how to read at all.

Endless songs Endless songs were a kind of joke of the Slavic people. They can be recited or sung many times in a row until the listeners get bored.

Once upon a time there was a king The king had a court. There was a stake in the yard. On a cola - wet. Start over! Once upon a time there was a tsar ... (and beyond endlessly).

Sparrow Listen, people, the Tale will be long! Once upon a time there was a sparrow, He beat all the chickens of a woman. The sparrow flew in, And she found out everything from the woman: And who beat all the chickens for you? Baba says: "Sparrow!" Oh, I'll catch the tomboy! Should I start at the end? To put it this way: Once upon a time there was a sparrow ... (and then endlessly).

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