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This day, known to accountants as the beginning of the second quarter, is known to most people as April Fool's Day.

Why do we even have a day where we try to trick people? And why does that day occur on April 1st?

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The idea of a day where people would play pranks on each other goes back to antiquity, which is a theme you should now be familiar with on this show.

However, the Association of April 1st, as that day of mischief, is pretty much shrouded in mystery.

We really don't know where the tradition came from.

There were several things that were historically similar that happened around the same time of year,

and that's the best guess we have as to where it originated.

The Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, which took place on March 25th.

Make note of that date because it's going to come up again soon.

As the name might suggest, Hilaria in Latin means the cheerful ones, and is the root word for the English

words hilarious and hilarity.

The feast was a celebration of the goddess Seibeli, who in Rome was also known as Magna Matar or the Great Mother.

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