Hot Pennies
From the collection of
Wrens Join HMS Brilliant
- Devonport
- 1980
Hot Pennies (TSW News)
Celebrating Honiton's history in unique style.
The annual hot pennies ceremony has taken place at Honiton. Here we see them heating the pennies in the oven before throwing them to the crowd. This tradition dates back to the 13th century, when upper classes would enjoy throwing hot pennies from the windows of the local pub to the peasants.
The proceedings are started by the town cryer, accompanied by the mayor and local dignitaries, hoisting up a garlanded pole with a gloved hand at the top and proclaiming that 'No man may be arrested so long as the glove is up'.
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16 videos in this collection
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Wrens Join HMS Brilliant
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In Their Element
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Minack Theatre: Under the Stars
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Gardens For All: Special
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This Scept'red Isle
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A Dartmoor Evening pt 1
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A Dartmoor Evening pt 2
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A Price on Life
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Cathedral Cities: Truro
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Hot Pennies
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Too Little Too Late
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Again Too Little Too Late
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Holiday Fatigue
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Devonshire Dialect
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The Hotel on Burgh Island
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