Tag: April Fools Day

April 1st, April Fools Day. Did Edgar Allan Poe play an April Fool’s day joke on the residents of Baltimore?

Siobhan O'Shea April 1, 2017 What Day

Edgar Allan Poe happily called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” He contributed six hoaxes. But did he prank a city on April Fool’s Day? For over a century …

These five rituals will help you you shine on Saint Stupid Day, also called April Fool’s Day

Siobhan O'Shea March 31, 2017 What Day

The First Church of the Last Laugh convenes for April Fool’s Day to celebrate Saint Stupid, patron Saint of Civilizations and Parking meters. You should come – you’re already …

With April Fool’s Day nearly upon us, here’s some top Medieval pranks, tricks and hoaxes

Siobhan O'Shea March 30, 2017 What Day

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Medieval folk were a miserable lot. Not so. Even monks spent time coming up with Medieval pranks, wheezes, and practical jokes. Thomas Betson …