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TIL not everyone tells jokes on beggar's night

www.desmoinesregister.com /story/entertainment/2015/10/13/why-des-moines-has-beggars-night/73865998/

In America (and elsewhere?) we have a tradition of trick-or-treating where on Halloween or the night before kids go around the neighborhood in a costume, knock on doors, and get candy. It's a lot of fun.

But I was well into adulthood before I learned that not all places have kids tell jokes before they get candy. Apparently it's only the city I grew up in that they do that! Not even neighboring cities do it.

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