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Did anyone else celebrate Poisson d’Avril growing up? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/askacanadian@lemmy.ca
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https://quebeccity101.com/poisson-davril-quebec-tradition/

Growing up in Ontario we always did in school but apparently it's not that popular in the rest of Anglo Canada.

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[–] 3 points 6 days ago

Poisson is sometimes used to describe someone who is gullible. So "poisson d'avril" does actually translate to april fool.

The fish gag is based on the wordplay.

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