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...Haitian custom. A crowd gathered with itching palms before the Presidential Palace at Port-au-Prince. Tradition bade the President to appear, inquire whether his people had any grievance, listen to any complaints which might be made, and finally?this being the real point of the old Haitian custom???finally to fling several bagfulls of small but handy coins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Hard-Boiled | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

...Scottish custom???the hole-in-one man gives his caddy a bottle of whiskey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Jul. 6, 1925 | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

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