With regard to the quality of hides for tawse manufacture, the canny Scots had already found a solution to the problem. Just prior to 1970 and the raising of school leaving age from 15 to 16 there were widespread fears by Scottish teachers that the then JJ Dick XH tawse, the most formidable punishment instrument available to them, would be inadequate to deal with hulking 16 year olds. JJ Dick’s answer was simple, his so-called ROSLA tawse consisted of two medium weight tawses bonded together to give a fearsome implement 15mm (over half an inch) thick. Had school CP continued doubtless this technique would have been utilised to overcome any deficiency in the thickness of available hides.
Tawsing Stool4
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