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2. April Fools' Day - Wikipedia

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   In Scotland, April Fools' Day was originally called "Huntigowk Day". [29] The name is a corruption of "hunt the gowk ", gowk being Scots for a cuckoo or a foolish person; alternative terms in Gaelic would be Là na Gocaireachd , "gowking day", or Là Ruith na Cuthaige , "the day of running the cuckoo".

3. Gowk stane - Wikipedia

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   Celtic mythology in particular is rich in references to cuckoos and the surviving folklore gives clues as to why some stones were given the gowk name.. The term gowk is perhaps best known in the context of the old Gowk's Day, the Scottish April Fools' Day, originally held on April 13 when the cuckoo begins to call, and when children were sent on a gowk hunt, a harmless prank involving ...

4. April Fool’s Day 2024: The best jokes and pranks today

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   Alison Hammond fell victim to an April Fools’ Day prank as she made her return to This Morning on Monday. Hammond and co-host Dermot O’Leary were interviewing a “guest” who apparently ...

5. Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Requested moves ...

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   1 Requested move 1 April 2022. ... Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Requested moves/Scotland. Add languages. Add links ...

6. April Fools’ Day: How Did It Start, and Why Is It April 1?

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   On April Fools’ Day in 1698, so many saps were tricked into schlepping to the Tower of London to watch the “washing of the lions” (a ceremony that didn’t exist) that the April 2 edition of ...

7. The origin and superstitions of April Fools' Day

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   Click through some of the top April Fools' Day jokes from 2015: One of the more popular theories on why we have April Fools' Day, or All Fools' Day, centers around the West's adoption of the ...

8. Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2023/Tungsten Arm O ...

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   He battled depression for 65 years after he had retired. On September 26, 1992, while living in Scotland, O'Doyle went to a cave in Leadhills to mine for coal as his father did during Tungsten Arm's childhood. After coming up empty on the day, O'Doyle decided to end his life.

9. Why do we pull pranks on April Fools' Day? Here's what we know

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   Playing practical jokes for April Fools' Day goes back centuries. Here's what to know about the origins and history of the holiday.