# April Fool's Day - French origin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-french-origin/165496>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-french-origin/165496 "2003-03-31T18:11:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-french-origin/165496/1 "2003-03-31T18:11:11Z")

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Just an interesting note…

With all the (IMHO silly) talk of “Freedom Fries”, etc., no one seems to be upset that April Fool’s Day may have [originated in France](http://wilstar.com/holidays/aprilfool.htm).

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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-french-origin/165496/2 "2003-03-31T18:32:17Z")

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Don’t talk about April Freedom Day that way.