Poisson dávril

ByJoél R and Ace H

Quand est poisson d’avril?

Poisson d’avril est le premier avril

When do you celebrate?

On the first of April every year, people in France celebrate April fool’s day by playing tricks and jokes on each other

How do you celebrate?

Children in France stick paper fish to the backs of as many adults as possible for a joke and shout out ´Poisson d’avril’ (April fish) when they find out

Why do you celebrate?

• In the pre-Gregorian calendar New Year’s day used to be celebrated on the first of April.

• When the calendar was changed by the French king in 1564 , some people still stuck to the old calendar and people started to play tricks on them and call them ‘Poisson d’avril’

Mots clés

Poisson d´AvrilUn poissonUne blagueNouveau calendrierUn roi