| April Fools |
[1 April, 2008] |
Fooles Holy Day.
Ovid’s Fastorum, lib. II.
Lux quoque cur eadem Stultorum festa vocetur,
[accipe].*
We observe it on the first of April.
And so it is kept in Germany everywhere.
John Aubrey (1626–1697)
from Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme (1688)
*[Learn] why the same day (17th February) is also called the Feast of Fools. Ovid, Fasti, 2.513f
tag: folk custom
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