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subside—and since April is known in many areas as the rainy month—it became natural for that month to be used as part of the nickname.
Many of today’s April Fools’ Day pranks have been modernized from the old days.
According to R. Biasch’s “The Every-Day Book,’’ 30 years ago, when most shoes had buckles, a child would greet a man on the street with, "Sir, if you please, your shoe’s unbuckled.’’ The moment the accosted looked towards his feet, the prankster would cry, "Ah!
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