At the base of the funicular in Montmartre, if a man carrying some bits of coloured string approaches you and asks you to hold out your hand, he is about to (albeit pretty skilfully) weave you a “good luck” bracelet, indulge in some tired patter - “You got boyfriend?” “You and your boyfriend make jiggy jiggy, yeah?” - and charge you ten, yes ten, flipping Euros for about two minutes' work.

“But just ‘cause you’re English, and I like English. Americans and Italians, I charge them 20."

I encountered them near the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre, but wouldn't be surprised if they were elsewhere.

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