Tagged: French Living
Need your French furniture wish to come true?
Yes, the French furniture fairies are departing to France next week to make more people’s wishes come true. We have a large number of wishes from people for French furniture that we help fulfil.
One joy of French antique furniture is that is unique. The one infuriating thing about French antique furniture is that is unique! It is almost impossible to find an identical piece but we find many pieces that match a particular popular styles.
Frenchfinds is very happy to try and find pieces for whatever you may be craving for, direct from France (if it isn’t already on the Frenchfinds website). We cover some big areas of France with lots of contacts and friends we have built up over the last 15 years of getting to love the country and its beautiful styles.
Let us know the size, style, colour(s), and any other key information and we will do our utmost best to make your wishes come true.
You can contact us direct on 01538 370058 (UK) or frenchfinds@yahoo.co.uk
Happy April Fish Day! The French version of April Fools Day
Children tape paper fish to their friends’ backs and when the young “fool” finds out, the person shouts “Poisson d’Avril!”
The Independent in an article today indicates that the origins of April Fools could be linked back to the French change to the Gregorian calendar, “Still, whether it’s true or not, one popular tale dates the tradition to 1564, when France formally changed its calendar to the modern Gregorian version, and thereby moved the celebration of the New Year from the last week of March to 1 January. In this version of events, those who continued to celebrate the end of New Year’s Week on 1 April were derided as fools – or, as they are known in France, poissons d’Avril.”
It is not known exactly why a fish is used but there are several possibilities:
- It is in the zodiac sign of Pisces, the fish
- It is in the period of lent when traditionally it is not permitted to eat fish.
- Confusing a simpleton by offering a fish at a time of year when fishing was in fact band
Everything points the fact though that what ever traditions you take to across Britain, France, America or the rest of the world the whole place goes as mad as a fish!
