No sooner has the Easter Bunny hopped away, then here comes the April Fools. How did the "silliest day of the year" come to be you may ask? Why with the French of course. Rewind to 1592 and the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. The New Year is now going to be on January 1 instead of April 1. Most of the French people were happy to adapt, but others found it more difficult. (Kind of like when they were told the universal language would be English.)
Ever since then on April 1, those who had stuck to the old calendar and celebrated New Years on that day were dubbed "fools". People started playing tricks on the non-converts by getting them to believe in something that wasn't true. I'm sure that is how escargot came to be..."hey fool, snails are yummy, try some..."
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