Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1946-03-29 | Page 5 | All Fools' Day Shows Few New Tricks

j I All Fools' Day Shows Few New Tricks - - O V " 1 I - . , ) LOOK AT THE fjj t'.- 'j ;C ALE4 PAR. ) , wis , ' ? , i : , An old, old April Fools' trick, with a new leading character. .- ' AD Fools' Day is ot unknown an-.1 an-.1 tlqulty. In Scotland the victim Is "fed ' cUed a gowk (cuckoo), in France urn poisson d'Avril (an April fish). For centuries April 1 has been the d7 when friends are sent on fool's Tj . errands. Some of the same jokes aurvrve today that were popular in Europe, even before America was diicovered. . Among the old favorites are send ing a friend to the book store for a "History of Eve's Grandmother," to the drug store for a bottle of pigeon milk (pigeon raisers can prove that pigeons do feed their squabs with milk), to the shoemaker's shoemak-er's for some strap oil, to the hardware hard-ware store for a left-handed monkey mon-key wrench, or a trip miles away to borrow some non-existing article. The empty pocket book, the hat with a brick under it, or the "kick me" sign pinned on a coat tail, fak candy and exploding cigars, all of unknown origin, still exist.