KISS OR PAY!—A quaint English custom is carried out at Hungerford each year on Hock Tuesday (the day following Easter Monday) when two “tuttimen” carrying floral staves are empowered by an ancient law to demand a kiss from every female they en counter or, in default, a fine of a penny. Photograph shows “tuttimen” kissing two old inhabitants at a Hungerford institute.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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62KISS OR PAY!—A quaint English custom is carried out at Hungerford each year on Hock Tuesday (the day following Easter Monday) when two “tuttimen” carrying floral staves are empowered by an ancient law to demand a kiss from every female they en counter or, in default, a fine of a penny. Photograph shows “tuttimen” kissing two old inhabitants at a Hungerford institute. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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