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April Fools' Day - Nun's Priest's Tale

Time: 1390s

Place: England

Details: However, it is not clear that Chaucer was referencing April 1, since the text of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" also states that the story takes place on the day when the sun is in the signe of Taurus had y-runne Twenty degrees and one, which cannot be April 1.

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