Happy April Fools' Day!
Joyeux Poisson d'Avril !
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!
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!
Those are hilarious and fascinating at the same time. Thanks for posting that. I had no idea!
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Joyeux anniversaire! Miles
ReplyDeleteAnniversaire joyeux de l'amour à première vue, Deb et Dominique.
Passez une bonne journée.
J'espère que mon colis arrive aujourd'hui.
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Happy celebrations to all the family! Love the postcards; only French girls could look so pretty and stylish while holding dead fish.
ReplyDeleteThey are funny arent they?
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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.
ReplyDeleteOh these are so fun...I am smiling from ear to ear...Happy April fools day!
ReplyDeletenot everyone can say they have such a collection! yes, fun!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are amazing; I love them! Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteUn grand jour pour toi!
ReplyDeleteDe grands moments à célébrer pour toi en ce jour, alors belle fête !
ReplyDeleteI want a fish!
ReplyDeletei didn`t know anything about that fish-card... but i wish you and your husband the best. and i have to say: happy birthday ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a special day this must be for you! Happy b-day Miles!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a great postcard collection, what a weird but nice tradition.
Happy Five !!!
ReplyDeleteet vive les chocolats ;-))
Bises
happy anniversary, happy pesce d'aprile, happy five!
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Wow, what other treasures do you have in your personal collection?
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful!
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! ;)
ReplyDeletebut 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)
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...
ReplyDeleteAgence Eureka has some more nice ones on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/3402343571/
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.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this special day and I like the fish card tradition thing. :))
ReplyDeleteTu as toujours des trouvailles remarquables ! J'adore !
ReplyDeleteWhy Deb, I didn't know you cared ;-)
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS - and I've never seen any like them.
Happy day to you
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And happy birthday to Miles
en retard, joyeux anniversaires et bon week-end!
ReplyDeleteelles sont excellentes ces cartes ...
ReplyDeleteI'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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