{"id":1453,"date":"2021-04-01T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T20:36:25","slug":"april-fools-day-huntigowk-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"April Fools Day &#8211; Huntigowk Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">April 1st is here &#8211; April Fools Day &#8211; Huntigowk Day<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1454 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/167716555_10159137941037667_1620731206537234031_n-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">In Scots, a \u2018gowk\u2019 is a \u2018cuckoo.\u2019 So in Scotland, April Fools Day was originally called Huntigowk Day, or \u2018hunt the cuckoo.\u2019 Somehow, it doesn\u2019t roll off of the tongue quite as smoothly as \u2018April Fools!\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Huntigowk was an actual 2-day event in Scotland in the 1700s. People found themselves being sent on errands for ridiculous, non-existent items, only to learn they\u2019d been played.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Then, Huntigowk was followed by Tailie Day, which involved pinning tails, or \u2018Kick Me\u2019 signs on peoples\u2019 backsides.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">We should all take a cue from the 18th century Scots, and remember to have a little more fun!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Happy Huntigowk Day!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1st is here &#8211; April Fools Day &#8211; Huntigowk Day \u00a0 \u00a0 In Scots, a \u2018gowk\u2019 is a \u2018cuckoo.\u2019 So in Scotland, April Fools Day was originally called Huntigowk Day, or \u2018hunt the cuckoo.\u2019 Somehow, it doesn\u2019t roll off of the tongue quite as smoothly as \u2018April Fools!\u2019 Huntigowk was an actual 2-day event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[204,3],"tags":[562,563,37,564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}