This is an attempt at writing around a posted photograph of this sock dumping in 
Croton-on-Hudson. Sock dumping is the traditional greeting god-daughters giver their god-mothers.
It is believed this custom started with the Dutch settlers who adapted it from the local indigenous people's custom of dumping flowers. Originally the Dutch tried it with their wooden clogs, but after a few unexpected fatalities, the switched to socks, clean socks. This is the tradition that follows us today. Though it was used in the City of New York until the late 17th Century, it is only in Croton-on-Hudson it is actively used.
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