A festival spanning 800 years started by rich assholes throwing scalding hot pennies and watching the poors burn themselves for fun

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A festival spanning 800 years started by rich assholes throwing scalding hot pennies and watching the poors burn themselves for fun

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videos@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

This town throws pennies at people. They hurt.

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The Honiton Hot Pennies ceremony is the result of 800 years of tradition: from when rich people would entertain themselves by throwing scalding-hot pennies o...

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