“TUTTI MEN” STILL OSCULATE IN WAR-TIME—Kissing the prettiest girls of the town is a privilege still enjoyed by the Tutti (or tything) men of Hungerford (Berks), where the Hocktide Festival takes place annually. Following the historic “watercress supper." Tutti men collect a penny a head from the residents of the town for their services at the Hocktide Court —or, if the penny is refused, they can claim a kiss from the prettiest girl on the premises. The celebrations commemorate the granting by John of Gaunt, nearly GOO years ago, of fishing rights in the Kennes and the free use of Hungerford Common.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 8
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102“TUTTI MEN” STILL OSCULATE IN WAR-TIME—Kissing the prettiest girls of the town is a privilege still enjoyed by the Tutti (or tything) men of Hungerford (Berks), where the Hocktide Festival takes place annually. Following the historic “watercress supper." Tutti men collect a penny a head from the residents of the town for their services at the Hocktide Court—or, if the penny is refused, they can claim a kiss from the prettiest girl on the premises. The celebrations commemorate the granting by John of Gaunt, nearly GOO years ago, of fishing rights in the Kennes and the free use of Hungerford Common. Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1940, Page 8
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