If you don’t know the answer, then you’re such a “poisson d’avril!” Yeah, I ought to put a paper fish on your back and call you an “April Fish” in French. This very interaction is what some scholars ...

or “April Fish,” and has long had a fish-themed pranking tradition. In modern times, it’s become more of a day for children to relish in attaching paper fish to their friends’ backs, Atlas Obscura ...

In modern times, it’s become more of a day for children to relish in attaching paper fish to their friends’ backs, Atlas Obscura says. In Scotland, April Fools' has a history of being a two ...

In modern times, it's become more of a day for children to relish in attaching paper fish to their friends' backs, Atlas Obscura says. In Scotland, April Fools' has a history of being a two-day event.