These are a few personal true memories of the belt as they relate to girls / female teachers which you may be interested in and which I recently posted on another forum.. . . .

The belt was used sparingly in Primary Schools (Lanarkshire in the 60s)

We had one lady teacher who sent you to borrow colleagues Lochgelly and then gave you a standard 2 strokes – boy or girl.

I also remember helping another lady teacher move the classroom, and one girl pupil was given the job of carrying her Lochgelly to her new room whilst others, mainly boys, carried chairs, books, etc.
A new lady teacher to the school had a black belt rolled-up in her desk drawer and referred to it as her snake!

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