HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-04-01, Page 6Many of London England's
most prominent citizens were
fooled in 1860. They received
invitations that read: "Tower of
London — Admit Bearer and
Friend to view annual ceremony
of Washing the White Lions on
Sunday, April 1. Admittance only
at White Gate." A traffic jam
resulted on that Sunday morning,
as buggies drove around Tower
Hill looking for the White Gate.
From Poor Robin's Almanac of
1760, this quote is taken:
"The first of April some do say,
Is set apart for All Fool's Day;
But why the people call it so
Nor I. nor they themselves, do
know.
But on this day are people sent
On purpose for pure merriment."
Those lines are as true today as
they were back then. The April
Fool idea is so deeply entrenched
in our sophisticated society that
only .a bold person dares to start
an enterprise on this date. To be
married on April 1 brings
wisecracks to the courageous
couple, and pity the poor soul
that's born on the first April.
Did your alarm clock wake you
an hour early this morning? Was
your sugar bowl filled with salt?
Did you answer your doorbell to
find no one there? Did you try to
pick a coin off the floor only to
discover it was glued? Did you
kick an old hat from the sidewalk
and feel a brick underneath?
If you did, take heart in
knowing you're not the only
person fooled on this date.
Besides a proverb acknowledges
"there's no fool like an old fool."
Cancer can
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April 1 is dedicated to practical
jokers and their victims. If you
lost track of the date this mor-
ning, you've probably already
fallen prey to one or more of the
pranksters. They often strike
before breakfast, catchipg you
off guard. Don't feel bad. It
happens to people around the
world,
April 1 refuses to be relegated
to the rank of an ordinary day, It
isn't a holiday; it isn't recognized
by our governments or by our
schools; it's seldom praised in
songs or poetry, Nevertheless its
popularity has survived for three
centuries, because it's the one
day in 365 we can fool people and
get away with it.
All Fools' Day is believed to
have originated from a com-
bination of New Year and vernal
equinox celebrations. March 21
marked the vernal equinox as
well as the beginning of the New
Year, and April 1 climaxed the
holiday with the exchange of
gifts.
With the introduction of the
Gregorian Calendar in the 1500s,
both March 21 and April 1 lost
their importance. However some
people, through ignorance or
stubbornness, continued to
celebrate on the first of April, and
it gradually developed into a day
of fooling and being fooled.
From France, the custom
spread to England and around
the world.
One of the most popular tricks
sends the victim on a wild goose
chase, searching for hen's teeth
or pigeon's milk. In Scotland, the
"fool" is called an April-gowk,
meaning a cuckoo. When the
Scots send him on a vain errand,
they say he is hunting the gowk.
The French ask the April Fool
to find some sweet vinegar or a
stick with only one end. They call
him an April Fish because he
"bites" the joke and is caught.
In Lisbon, Portugal, All Fools'
Day is observed on the Sunday
and Monday before Lent. The
Portuguese used to throw ashes
or flour into each other's faces.
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Fool's day
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The church .of, my youth
BY MRS, IDA DINNEY
Just a few little memories
about James St. Methodist
Church—the way I saw it, many
years ago. Starting at the front
end (north side) of church, the
organ was on, or in the north
wall, behind the choir. One
reason for that was, most likely,
because it got its compressed air-
power pumped into it manually
by Mr. George Hill in the vestry.
The. instrument that be used
had a long handle, similar to
those you have seen on ordinary
water-pumps anywhere, lie just
had to stand there and lower and
raise it which was not easy
work. In fact it was a strenuous
job in rather confined quarters.
Mr. Hill was the operator for
many years, He did not emerge
from there until after the singing
of the second hymn; this he did,
and sat in one of the pews near
the vestry door, until after the
sermon was preached. Where he
first came out, the electric lights
were pretty bright — a big
change from where he had been
pumping the organ, but he
generally took a quick squint
over the congregation — who
wouldn't?
Miss Edith Brown, organist
and choir leader, had a large
mirror up on the organ just above
the manual, and a choir loftfull of
dedicated men and women who
sang heartily and pleasingly, in,
good voice.
There was, as is now, the
railing around three sides of
choir loft. With their backs
against this railing were three
beautiful pulpit chairs, •
upholstered in red plush, The
centre one being.for (I feel that I
should say "Father Bear" —
sorry) the resident minister and
the smaller one on each side of it
for guest speakers.
Right in front of the pulpit there
was a nice carpeted space, right
back to the steps on east and west ,
sides of pulpit platform. It was
enclosed by a fancy wooden
railing (the altar rail).
Immediately in front of and
So, people kept as far away from
there as possible., But I
remember one Sunday when the
congregation was making its
exit, 1 heard a well-known man
say, "1 went down there pretty
fast one day."
On glad to say that the front
entrance of our church is now
good-looking and safe.
connected with that, there was a
padded carpet, which went the
full length of railing, It was for
worshipers to kneel on when they
went up to front of church to
partelse, of sacrament, using a
single chalice; or it could be used
by a bride and groom; and it was
also used during evangelistic
campaigns.
For many years the church
pews had numbers on them (the
majority are still on) because
church members paid rent for
their own pew. Our family pew
was the second from the back, in
the centre section. And of course
there was the gallery (as of now),
A friend of mine who now lives
away from Exeter, told me in a
letter, that when their family
moved into town, from the
country, that her father could not
get a pew in the auditorium on the
main floor so, \for a number of
years they rented a pew in the
gallery. Some time later they got
part of the Gregory family pew,
some of their family having left
town.
Theirs was one special peiv, It
was at the back of the church
between the west and centre
doors; in shape, much like a new
moon, and back in, (really
out over the "then-steps" down
into basement) rather a
cozy looking place to sit. One
person who seldom missed
evening service and always sat
there was Mr. Sandy Purdon.
For some reason the steps out
of the auditorium started right
outside the door. At the centre
door steps there was a fairly wide
plain board surface on your left,
coming out; from it down to steps
was boarded in. It was a con-
venient place for men's hats.
Coats were taken inside and hung
over the square-shaped wire
hangers fastened on backs of
seats (which, if not used, made
handy noise-makers for little
children).
The left end of steps were of
good width and easy to descend
but at the other side they were
useless, coming almost to a point.
and potatoes, flavored with onions makes a
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5 boiled potatoes, cold
1 2 raw onion
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2 cups milk
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recipe over and over again and
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often had but it slipped out of
sight and out of mind until I came
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LENTEN DISH is one that
appears in a recipe book put out
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years ago. Mrs. B. Shaw was the
donor.
SOUTH SEAS CASSEROLE
3 cups cubed ham
I medium onion cut in rings
1 small green pepper diced
1 2 cup raisins
s4 cup pineapple cubes
1 cup pineapple syrup
1/3 cup vinegar
2 tsp dry mustard
1 2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp corn starch
1 4 tsp salt
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce.
Place ham, onion rings, green
The Huron Unit of the
Canadian Cancer Society held its
regular quarterly meeting in the
Clinton Public School with the
President, C. A. Archibald
presiding. Volunteers from four
of the five branches of the Unit
were in attendance and gave
reports. Highlights of the recent
Campaign Conference which was
held in Toronto were given by
Mrs, Alice McConnell of
Seaforth.
The theme of this year's
Conference directed to the
Volunteer is "You are making the
difference". Ross McDaniel, Unit
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The Unit desires to make this
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and the next meeting will be
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