April Fool’s Day is being celebrated on the wrong day, according to a paper published in this month’s edition of the University of Canberra Humanities Journal.
The paper was written by UC historian Dr Hartley Quinn based on a research project he undertook at the University of Aberdeen last year. He said that his research showed that the date had been changed for religious reasons during the reign of Mary I and that all Roman and Medieval tradition showed the true date for fools’ day should be March 21, on the equinox. But Dr Quinn thought that it was now probably too late for the day to be changed back.
Dr Quinn said the Holi festival in India and the Roman Feast of Hilaria were both celebrated at the equinox.
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