It stung more than it hurt.
‘hurt’ is when you knock yourself, sting is a sharp burning experience and what you felt when being caned. The harder the caning the more it stung, and the more strokes the worse it got as the sting built up.
Six of the best was a sensible limit as this was about the most a boy could take although public schools gave more where all beatings seemed to start at six.
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