When I was a young school student in rural South Dakota the students would decide to have a special day. So during the lunch period someone would sneak bags of peanut into the class room and place them in the students desks. Then a some random time in the afternoon someone would drop a book on the floor. That was a sign for all the students to pull the bags out of their desks and start throwing them at the teacher. When all the peanuts had been thrown the students would scoop them up and the rest of the day would be devoted to eating peanuts and telling jokes. I don't know if what we called a 'peanut shower" was practiced elsewhere or if it was unique to my school.
When I was a young school student in rural South Dakota the students would decide to have a special day. So during the lunch period someone would sneak bags of peanut into the class room and place them in the students desks. Then a some random time in the afternoon someone would drop a book on the floor. That was a sign for all the students to pull the bags out of their desks and start throwing them at the teacher. When all the peanuts had been thrown the students would scoop them up and the rest of the day would be devoted to eating peanuts and telling jokes. I don't know if what we called a 'peanut shower" was practiced elsewhere or if it was unique to my school.