The April Fool Archive

Poor Robin’s Almanack    (April Fool's Day - 1738)

The 1738 edition of Poor Robin's Almanack (a popular satirical English publication) included a poem that described the various fool's errands that pranksters would trick victims into pursuing on April first. These errands included being asked to find such things as hen's teeth or pigeon's milk.

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