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called the Feast of Htrii at which the natives make merry at the expense of their friends.
The custom of sending anyone on a useless errand on April first has been thought to be a burlesque of the sending of Christ from Annas to Caraphas add from Pilate to Herod, because during the Middle Ages scenes from the life of Christ were in a Miracle play which was given every year about April first It isn’t likely that there is any other reason for our April Fool's Day besides the changing of the date of the New Year. All the customs which sprang up when the date was altered, were likely combined with relics of some old festival which had come down from the ages before the time of Christ.
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