囧习俗：烧袜子迎春天

美国港口城市Annapolis有一个习俗，每年春季的第一天，该镇的居民就会走出室外带上自己的冬日的旧袜子，并以焚烧袜子的方式庆祝春天的到来。据说这个传统已有30年了，起源是当地造船工人的庆祝方式。

Members of a yacht club in Annapolis, Md., said the site hosted an event that welcomed spring by burning the socks of excited participants.

The Baltimore Sun said waterside event at the Eastport Yacht Club featured hundreds of people taking part in a 30-year tradition aimed at celebrating the first day of spring.

"We got about 375 people, and they are tossing in their socks. One fellow even tossed in his jeans," yacht club member Susan Nahmias told the Sun.

"It is a fun way to say spring is here," yacht club founder Fred Hecklinger offered.

Sailors at the Downtown Sailing Center in Baltimore also embraced the spring tradition in their own way. Instead of burning scores of socks, participants in the center event donated more than 700 pairs of new socks to help individuals at a local mission.

"We always need socks," Helping Up Mission director Barry Burnett said of the donation to his site, which helps the poor and homeless.