Name: 這個小鎮向人們扔硬幣。它們會傷人 (This town throws pennies at people. They hurt.)
Uploaded: 2025-05-23T07:34:27.000Z
Duration: 5 min 30 s

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Sometimes I'm able to do a lot of research before going to a place, and sometimes I have to just wing it.

有時，我可以在去一個地方之前做大量的調查，有時我就只能隨機應變。

Every year, this town, Honiton, in southwest England, has a tradition where they throw hot pennies off balconies down onto waiting crowds who try to catch them.

英格蘭西南部的霍尼頓鎮每年都有一個傳統，那就是他們會從陽臺上向等待的人群投擲滾燙的硬幣，而這些人群則試圖接住這些硬幣。

Apparently, this started more than 700 years ago as part of a local fair.

顯然，這起源於 700 多年前的當地集市。

Back then, the pennies would be scalding hot, and part of the entertainment, at least for the people throwing, was watching poor people burn themselves as they scrambled to pick up the pennies.

那時，硬幣是滾燙的，至少對扔硬幣的人來說，娛樂的一部分就是看著窮人在爭先恐後地撿硬幣時被燙傷。

Back then, pennies were worth a lot more.

Very roughly, it'd be the equivalent of throwing £1 coins off the balcony, so perhaps worth minor burns if you're desperate.

粗略地說，這相當於從陽臺上扔下 1 英鎊的硬幣，所以如果你走投無路，也許值得輕微燒傷。

Seven centuries later, they do still throw pennies, but I'm assured they're not scalding, just merely warm.

七個世紀過去了，他們仍在扔硬幣，但我確信硬幣不會燙手，只是溫熱而已。

But I'm hoping I can find out more from the folks who run it, and also not get injured by flying pennies.

但我希望能從經營者那裡瞭解到更多資訊，同時也不希望被飛來的硬幣砸傷。

This is my first hot pennies as the Mayor of Honiton.

這是我作為霍尼頓市長的第一筆熱錢。

I've been coming to hot pennies all my life.

It's led predominantly by the Town Crier.

It's his event, if you like, and I'm gate crushing it.

如果你願意，這是他的活動，而我是他的 "門"。

I'm the Town Crier and Mace Bearer of Honiton.

我是霍尼頓的報信員和持矛手。

I've held this position for 27 years, and today the hot pennies ceremony will be my 28th.

我在這個崗位上已經工作了 27 年，今天的燙金儀式將是我的第 28 個年頭。

We toss pennies from balconies, windows, and if you're brave enough to scramble for them, pick them off the floor, they're all yours to take home.

我們從陽臺上、窗戶上扔硬幣，如果你有足夠的勇氣去爭搶，從地上撿起，這些硬幣都可以帶回家。

People are pretty much sorting themselves out by height.

人們幾乎都是按身高來分類的。

So the kids are going to the front, the adults are coming to the back.

所以，孩子們到前面去，大人到後面來。

I've been on the committee, believe it or not, for 46 years, and this is my 47th Honiton hot pennies.

信不信由你，我已經在委員會工作了 46 年，這是我的第 47 個霍尼頓熱便士。

When Honiton was granted a rural charter, they held a fair.

當霍尼頓獲得鄉村特許狀時，他們舉辦了一次集市。

And of course, they wanted people to come into the town to make it a success.

當然，他們也希望人們來到小鎮，讓它取得成功。

But quite a lot of those people hadn't paid their landlords their rent.

但這些人中有不少人還沒給房東交房租。

So it was decided that they would give an amnesty during fair week.

是以，他們決定在展銷週期間進行大赦。

And whilst the glove was hoisted, no man will be arrested.

在手套被吊起的同時，沒有人會被逮捕。

I've only just thought to bring something to catch the pennies.

我剛剛才想到要帶些東西來接便士。

Like, there's people with upside down umbrellas, there's kids with buckets, and I, uh, wish me luck.

比如，有人拿著倒掛的雨傘，有孩子拿著水桶，我，呃，祝我好運吧。

Honiton is famous as one of the staging points on the exit at the London Road.

霍尼頓是倫敦路出口處著名的中轉站之一。

And there were more pubs on Honiton High Street than most towns up.

霍尼頓大街上的酒吧比大多數城鎮都要多。

There were wealthy people who lived in the town and who stayed in the inns.

鎮上住著有錢人，他們住在旅館裡。

And they used to take delight in throwing out hot pennies and watching the, um, the surf, I suppose, burn their fingers.

他們曾經樂此不疲地扔出滾燙的硬幣，然後看著，嗯，我想，海浪灼傷他們的手指。

Oh, I took my eye off the pennies for a moment.

我們認為，今年已經是第 802 個年頭了。

There would have been a few breaks over the years for World War whatever.

這些年來，無論世界大戰如何，都會有一些間歇。

Because all the pennies are collected in jars in the pubs.

因為所有的硬幣都被裝在酒館的罐子裡。

And we do throw out hundreds and hundreds of pounds worth of pennies.

我們確實扔掉了價值成百上千英鎊的硬幣。

All the pubs would have a large bottle or a can or a tray and people would put their loose change in it.

所有酒吧都會有一個大瓶子、一個罐子或一個托盤，人們會把零錢放進去。

Nowadays, you have to order the pennies two weeks in advance from the banks to even have them.

如今，你必須提前兩週向銀行訂購分幣，才能得到它們。

It's one penny, but I'm really proud of the penny.

雖然只有一分錢，但我真的為這一分錢感到驕傲。

They were literally heated in the ovens of the pubs.

酒館裡的烤箱簡直就是加熱爐。

There was a stream running down one of the sides of the high street.

有一條小溪從高街的一側流過。

So there's photographs of kids in the drains pulling pennies out, but also cooling them because they've got burns on their hands.

所以就有了孩子們在下水道里掏錢的照片，但同時也給他們降溫，因為他們的手被燙傷了。

And I believe that the lady in Hunterton Hoo to this day carries a scar from being burnt by a penny in the mid-60s.

我相信，亨特爾頓胡的那位女士至今還帶著 60 年代中期被一分錢燙傷的傷疤。

我的意思是，就像火燒一樣，滾燙滾燙的。

And if you caught them on your arm, I do have a friend from school and he claims that he still has a scar and he's really proud of his hot penny scar, but they'd be scattering on the floor and it would hurt to pick them up.

如果你把它們抓在胳膊上，我確實有個同學朋友，他聲稱他的胳膊上還有一道疤，他為自己的燙筆疤感到非常自豪，但它們會散落在地板上，撿起來會很疼。

他非常注重投擲，而不是向上。

We used to wear gloves, hobnail boots, old clothes.

我們習慣戴手套、穿靴子和舊衣服。

And then when we got back in school, we'd be given 100 yards for skiving off.

回到學校後，我們會因為溜號被罰100碼。

It seems crazy now that we used to get tossed boiling hot coins, especially when we were little young children.

特別是在我們還是小孩子的時候，我們曾經被扔過滾燙的硬幣，現在看來真是不可思議。

不過說實話，這也是樂趣的一半。

I did not fight hard enough to be in the crowd with the umbrellas.

我沒有拼盡全力擠進撐傘的人群。

I'm the cup of losses with two pennies and one slightly injured camera operator.

我就是那杯帶著兩個便士和一個受輕傷的攝像師的損失。

Nowadays, we have to be a little bit more careful.

如今，我們必須更加小心謹慎。

So the pennies are scattered rather than thrown.

是以，便士是撒出去的，而不是扔出去的。

They're warmed in the sun at best or at worst, depending where you look at it.

它們在陽光下或暖或不暖，取決於你從哪裡看。

We're about making certain that these wonderful old quaint customs continue.

我們要確保這些美妙的古老習俗得以延續。