April Fool's Day

Where does April Fools’ Day come from?

On 1st April, many of you may be planning to be mischievous and play pranks on your friends and family. That’s because it’s April Fools’ Day, when we all get to play the joker!

“It has been celebrated in the UK since at least the 19th century,” explains Andrea Livesey, a historian from the University of Bristol. Children were commonly the victims of these pranks! So we wanted to find out more about why we celebrate April Fools’ Day.

There is surprisingly little known about the origins of April Fools’ Day and there are a large number of completely different - and quite entertaining - theories of its origin. So let’s have a look at some of them.