April Fool's Day Across the Globe

Many countries celebrate April Fool's Day with different pranks and in some cases, at different times. Here are some of the most well known countries that participate in this worldwide pranks day:

France: The most traditional prank in France is Poisson d'Avril (which literally means April's Fish). A person tries to tape a paper fish to another's back without being noticed. This is also celebrated in countries like Italy (Pesce d'Aprile) and french-speaking parts of Canada.

Scotland: In Scotland, April Fool's Day is traditionally referred to as Hunt-the-Gowk (gowk means cukoo or foolish person). The traditional prank is to ask someone to deliver a sealed message to someone requesting help of some sort. The message will read "Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile". Once the recipient reads the letter he will tell the messenger that he can help but only if the messenger goes and contacts another person. The next person that the messenger goes to will recieve the same letter and it goes on until the messenger figures out that the whole trip was a prank.

Korea: In Korea, a form of April Fool's Day is celebrated on the first snowy day of the year. They would stuff snow inside of the bowls and sent it to someone. The reciever was then considered the loser and would have to grant a wish of the sender. Because the tricks were unplanned and therefore harmless, they were commonly done towards servants.
Denmark/Sweden: In Denmark, May 1 is celebrated as an alternative joke day. It is also celebrated in Sweden. When someone has been fooled in Sweden, the fooler says the rhyme, "April April din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart vill" which translates into 'April, April, you stupid herring, I can fool you to wherever I want'. Which apparently means something in Sweden. Since pranks are less common on May 1, both Danes and Swedes also celebrate April Fool's Day on April 1. Most Swedish news media outlets will publish exactly one false story on April 1, for newspapers this will typically be a first-page article but not the top headline.