GLWYSIG.
_The First of April and "The Cap awry."_--Tom Moore, in his Diary, 1819,
says:
"April 1st. Made Bessy turn her cap awry in honour of the day."
What was the origin of this custom? Was this the way a fool was supposed to
show that his head was turned?
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