Usually carried by the Brother in a pocket inside his cassock and available to be brought out quickly when required. “The leather” was in very regular daily use in most schools and was applied across the pupil’s hand, rather than up the hand as in Scotland. Three strokes across each hand was not an uncommon punishment and it certainly did sting. Some of these straps became supple with use and had to be replaced. The Irish Industrial Schools (similar to a boys borstal in the UK)had leather workshops and manufactured many of the “leathers” supplied to Irelands schools.
CP in Irish Church Schools3
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