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April - fools ' Day . The first day of April, so called from the old custom of sending any one on this day upon a bootle errand. This strange custom of April-fools' day exists throughout Europe, and in those parts of America where the traditions of the mother-country prevail. One of the explanations of the custom is as follows:- In the middle ages, scenes from biblical history were often represented by way of diversion, without any feeling of impropriety. The scene in the life of Jesus, where he is sent from Pilate to Herod, and back again from Herod to Pilate, was represented in April, and may have given occasion to the custom of sending on fruitle errands, and other tricks practised at this season. The phrase of "sending a man from Pilate to The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia urst islands, off the N. coast of New Holland; from 14 to 4 m. in breadth, and 46 in length. Shores on both sides are low, and bordered by mangroves. A British settlement, now abandoned, was made at Fort Dougla , on the Strait, in 1824.