愚人節(jié)的傳說

法國“四月魚”

In addition,the linkage between April Foolery and the Springtime is seen in another story that traces the origin of the custom back to the abundance of fish to be found in French streams during early April when the young fish had just hatched. These young fish were easy to fool with a hook and lure. Therefore, the French called them 'Poisson d'Avril' or 'April Fish.' Soon it became customary to fool people on April 1, as a way of celebrating the abundance of foolish fish.

此外，四月愚行同春天的關(guān)系還可見另一個故事，那個故事提到4月初小魚剛孵出，法國溪流里滿是魚，這些小魚下個鉤放點餌就很容易上當。因此，法國人就把這些小魚稱為四月魚。很快，在4月1日愚弄別人就成了慶祝輕松大量捕獲容易上鉤的傻魚的一個習俗。