{"id":450,"date":"2019-03-23T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonsremovals.co.uk\/news\/?p=450"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:54:52","slug":"april-fools-day-traditions-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamiltonsremovals.co.uk\/news\/april-fools-day-traditions-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool\u2019s Day Traditions Across the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"298\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonsremovals.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>April 1 is a day you need to be on your guard in the UK as friends and relatives take the opportunity to play a prank or two on you. But what of the other countries around the world? Do you need to\u00a0be\u00a0wary on the first day of the fourth month? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamiltons Removals has been helping people move around the world for\nmore than 25 years \u2013 so here is our guide to what you can expect in the way of\ntricks and japes if you are considering removals to Europe, the USA and other\nworldwide destinations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here April Fool\u2019s Day is celebrated by sticking a paper fish to someone\nelse\u2019s back. This&nbsp;fishy custom is particularly popular with children and\nis also followed in Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, and French-speaking areas\nof Switzerland and Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 1 is also known as April Fish Day (poissons d&#8217;avril) \u2013 as you will\ndiscover if you embark on removals to France. This is believed to stem from the time the countries adopted the Gregorian\ncalendar, which had the effect of moving January 1 to April 1. Legend has it\nthat many people were not happy with this change and gave the \u2018fishes\u2019, which\nwere originally New Year gifts, as a form of protest. Another school of thought\nsays that those who refused to accept new dates were mocked and tricked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here April 1 is known as Hunt the&nbsp;Gowk&nbsp;Day, as a\nfoolish person is known as a&nbsp;\u2018gowk\u2019. Scotland celebrates it for two days, and the second, known as Taily\nDay, is devoted to physical pranks, which can mean sticking \u2018kick me\u2019 signs on\nvictims\u2019 backs as well as playing the paper fish trick. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ireland, pranksters sent their victims an important letter to be\ngiven to a named person, who would then send the victim on to someone else, and\nso on &#8211; because when the victim finally tumbled and opened it, all the contents\nsaid was \u2018send the fool further\u2019 &#8211; the ultimate fools\u2019 errand.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sending this unusual chain\nletter has also been a tradition in Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another staple Irish April Fool\nis the fake news report, such as the story that Ireland\u2019s motorists will soon be\ndriving on the right-hand side of the road. However, this story has now been\nrun several times so most people recognise it as untrue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are considering moving house to the USA, you will find that April\nFool\u2019s Day is celebrated all day long, unlike the UK and many European\ncountries where the pranks end at noon. The term \u201cfake news\u201d isn\u2019t just an\ninvention of Donald Trump, as media&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;take part with\nuntrue news reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the most famous American\nstories include the sale of the Liberty Bell to the Taco Bell restaurant chain\n(who would have called it the Taco Liberty Bell) and the White House announcing\nthat it had sold the naming rights to the Lincoln Memorial to Ford.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s Not Always April\n1<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Spain, Hispanic America and the Philippines, the nearest equivalent to\nApril Fools\u2019 Day is celebrated on December 28. This day of the year is Holy\nInnocents Day &#8211; a Christian festival when it is acceptable to play pranks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Portugal, people throw flour\nat their friends on the Sunday and Monday before Lent, while in India, the Holi festival is celebrated the day before April Fools\u2019 Day.\nMarch 31 is a day to play jokes, wear face and body paint in what is believed\nto be a precursor of spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Removals to Europe\nand the USA with Hamiltons Removals <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning removals to Europe, the USA or other parts of the UK,\nthen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonsremovals.co.uk\/contact.php\">Hamiltons Removals<\/a> are the experts. &nbsp;We can help you\nwith moves to France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, as well\nas Scotland and Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as removals to the USA, we also offer moves to many other\nworldwide destinations, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and\nCanada. Our network of contacts throughout the removals industry means we can\nkeep our prices competitive and will be able to tailor a package to meet your\nindividual needs. Just click on the link above if you would like to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1 is a day you need to be on your guard in the UK as friends and relatives take the opportunity to play a prank or two on you. But what of the other countries around the world? Do you need to\u00a0be\u00a0wary on the first day of the fourth month? 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