Editing High Wycombe (section)

===Weighing the mayor===
A ceremony carried out in the town since 1678<ref>{{cite web|author=Lawrence Dunhill |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8912971.Weights_will_not_be_read_out_at_ceremony_to_save_embarrassment/ |title=Weights will not be read out at ceremony to save embarrassment |website=Bucks Free Press |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> involves the [[Mayor of High Wycombe|weighing of the mayor]]. At the beginning and end of each year of service, the mayor is weighed in full view of the public to see whether or not he or she has gained weight, presumably at the taxpayers' expense. The custom, which has survived to the present day, employs the same weighing apparatus used since the 19th century. When the result is known, the [[town crier]] announces "And no more!" if the mayor has not gained weight or "And some more!" if they have. Their actual weight is not declared.<ref name="Roud">{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Roud |title=The English Year: A month-by-month guide to the Nation's customs and festivals from May Day to Mischief Night |publisher=Penguin |date=2006 |isbn=9780140515541 |oclc=70671478}}{{Page needed|date=February 2024}}</ref>