by Alba
jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011
APRIL FOOL´S DAY
by Alba
april fool´s day
April Fools' Day is celebrated all around the world on the April 1 of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day that tolerates practical jokes and general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes,hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
Traditionally, in some countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes last all day, not until noon contrary to popular belief.[1] It is for this reason that newspapers in the U.K. that run a front page April fool only do so on the first (morning) edition.[2] Elsewhere, such as in France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day. The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of the January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.
by Gabriel
april food's day
El 1 de abril, es el día en el que se celebra, hacer bromas a los demás.También se llama `el día del pescado´ o también llamado día de los bufones ,es un día seleccionado por unos creadores de malware, que es un momento de activación de sus programas , o momento de máximos ataques.En España este día se denomina el día de los santos inocentes,que se trata de hacer una broma a alguien,y luego decir la palabra `inocente´.Ese mismo día un ingeniero James Gibb invento el tenis de mesa, llamado en español pimpom. Escrito por Andrea Iglesias Diaz
april fool´s day
April Fools' Day is celebrated all around the world on the April 1 of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day that tolerates practical jokes and general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
by Diego
April fool´s day
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.[3] Chaucer probably meant 32 days after March, i.e. May 2,[4] the anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381. However, readers apparently misunderstood this line to mean "32nd of March," i.e. 1st April.[5] In Chaucer's tale, the vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.
In 1509, a French poet referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to the holiday.[4] In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on the 1st of April.[4] In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference.[4] On 1st April, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".[4] The name "April Fools" echoes that of the Feast of Fools, a Medieval holiday held on the 28th December.[6]
In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on the 25th of March in most European towns.[7] In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on the 1st of April.[6] So it is possible that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on the 1st of January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates.[8] The use of the 1st of January as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-sixteenth century,[4] and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
In the eighteenth century, the festival was often posited as going back to the time of Noah. According to an English newspaper article published in 1789, the day had its origin when Noah sent his dove off too early, before the waters had receded; he did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April.[9]
by Luis
April fool´s day
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.[3] Chaucer probably meant 32 days after March, i.e. May 2,[4] the anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381. However, readers apparently misunderstood this line to mean "32nd of March," i.e. 1st April.[5] In Chaucer's tale, the vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.
In 1509, a French poet referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to the holiday.[4] In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on the 1st of April.[4] In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference.[4] On 1st April, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".[4] The name "April Fools" echoes that of the Feast of Fools, a Medieval holiday held on the 28th December.[6]
In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on the 25th of March in most European towns.[7] In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on the 1st of April.[6] So it is possible that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on the 1st of January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates.[8] The use of the 1st of January as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-sixteenth century,[4] and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
In the eighteenth century, the festival was often posited agoing back to the time of Noah. According to an English newspaper article published in 1789, the day had its origin when Noah sent his dove off too early, before the waters had receded; he did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April.[9]
In 1509, a French poet referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to the holiday.[4] In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on the 1st of April.[4] In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference.[4] On 1st April, 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".[4] The name "April Fools" echoes that of the Feast of Fools, a Medieval holiday held on the 28th December.[6]
In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on the 25th of March in most European towns.[7] In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on the 1st of April.[6] So it is possible that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on the 1st of January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates.[8] The use of the 1st of January as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-sixteenth century,[4] and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
In the eighteenth century, the festival was often posited agoing back to the time of Noah. According to an English newspaper article published in 1789, the day had its origin when Noah sent his dove off too early, before the waters had receded; he did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April.[9]
APRIL FOOL'S DAY
BY SARA
viernes, 25 de marzo de 2011
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