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April Fools' Day
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April Fools' Day

The first day of April, when it is customary in Western Europe and the USA to expose people to ridicule by a practical joke, causing them to believe some falsehood or to go on a fruitless errand.



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Peter's finger--made out of chicken bones), eventually turning into outright paganism: the Merry Men invade the baron's castle on All Fool's Day, with Tuck as Lord of Misrule and everyone else costumed as animals, spirits, shamans, trees.
Robin Hood by Marcus, Greil / Artforum International
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