where some boys would just simply say ‘I got six of the best’ while otheres would ommit ‘the best’ and if it was three or four it would just simply be that’I got three’ or just ‘I got four’
If a boy who claimed that he had got six and was’nt willing to submit the evidence by way of dropping his trousers and underpants this was because he probably only goy the minimum of three,or a stronger warning of four.Six of the best spoke for itself as not many boys could return to class without showing obvious signs of pain and that they had been caned hard and been caned to tears.Six of the very best from our headmaster was a very hard and painful caning and not many boys could conceal it well and even four was a struggle.