Wednesday 31 March 2010

April 1st


Happy April Fools' Day!
Joyeux Poisson d'Avril !

April 1st
The day I met my husband
The day I met Miles

Joyeux Anniversaire Mon Petit Bonhomme!

5 years' old today...

Did you know that at the beginning of the 20th Century the French sent "fish" cards to their loved ones on April 1st? Fish symbolised love and friendship.

I thought I'd show you a few from my own collection, they're so funny!





25 comments:

  1. Those are hilarious and fascinating at the same time. Thanks for posting that. I had no idea!

    Kim

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  2. Joyeux anniversaire! Miles
    Anniversaire joyeux de l'amour à première vue, Deb et Dominique.
    Passez une bonne journée.
    J'espère que mon colis arrive aujourd'hui.
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  3. Happy celebrations to all the family! Love the postcards; only French girls could look so pretty and stylish while holding dead fish.

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  4. An auspicious day Deb! Those cards are brilliant - I had no idea. Is this where the original April Fools thing came from? What a neat collection.

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  5. Oh these are so fun...I am smiling from ear to ear...Happy April fools day!

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  6. not everyone can say they have such a collection! yes, fun!

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  7. These photos are amazing; I love them! Happy Anniversary!

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  8. De grands moments à célébrer pour toi en ce jour, alors belle fête !

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  9. i didn`t know anything about that fish-card... but i wish you and your husband the best. and i have to say: happy birthday ;-)

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  10. What a special day this must be for you! Happy b-day Miles!
    And what a great postcard collection, what a weird but nice tradition.

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  11. Happy Five !!!
    et vive les chocolats ;-))
    Bises

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  12. happy anniversary, happy pesce d'aprile, happy five!
    X

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  13. Wow, what other treasures do you have in your personal collection?
    Those are beautiful!

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  14. oh, i learned something new again! never knew about the fish-cards in france.. funny tradition. shouldn't we revive it?! you're throwing me an idea, deb! ;)
    but is this tradition still alive in france? would one understand what is meant with it if someone sent a fish postcard on the 1st of april today?? (it really interests me)

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  15. Ieva I don't think most people in France would really know about fish as a symbol of friendship and love now. It seems to have been especially popular at the beginning of the 20th Century. All my cards date back to 1911-12. However, French kids still stick paper fish on each other's backs as a joke - I walked home from school with one stuck to mine today and Miles has one ready for Dom tonight...
    Agence Eureka has some more nice ones on Flickr
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/3402343571/

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  16. I love the cards! How funny are they. You just can't imagine people sending these now. Happy anniversary of meeting and Happy Birthday to Miles.

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  17. Enjoy this special day and I like the fish card tradition thing. :))

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  18. Tu as toujours des trouvailles remarquables ! J'adore !

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  19. Why Deb, I didn't know you cared ;-)
    GORGEOUS - and I've never seen any like them.
    Happy day to you
    xx

    And happy birthday to Miles

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  20. en retard, joyeux anniversaires et bon week-end!

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  21. elles sont excellentes ces cartes ...

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  22. I've only just seen this post and at first I thought it was an April Fools - fish symbolising friendship and love sounds crazy these days. I love the cards with the colour tints, they're gorgeous. I'm now officially on the hunt for some french, fish postcards to add to my collection!

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