Just as a matter of interest did anybody either receive or give more than six strokes of the cane ?
My information is that in the not to distant past boys in approved schools over the age of fifteen could be given eight strokes, and with the managers permission twelve strokes.
Having been on the receiving end of six strokes on numerous occasions I can confirm that it is eye wateringly painful. and that to remain bent for the the fifth and sixth strokes required considerable fortitude. I personally took pride in the fact that I was able to remain bent for the full six, and tried as hard as was possible to show no outward signs of the intense pain.