Mama told us that she had been given La Disciplina when she was pregnant with me, her older boy, by another mother whose children had gotten too old for it, so in all probability it had already kissed quite a few little children’s bottoms before our own! It was worn smooth with use, for sure, and really stung. In case you didn’t know, olive wood is very dense, so even a small piece of it has quite some weight and La Disciplina made a big impact on our small bottoms.
It was given in the traditional way, over Mama’s knee with our pants and underpants at our ankles. Even just a few smacks with La Disciplina on our bare bottoms would be enough to reduce us to tears as little boys, and as we got bigger, Mama increased the dose accordingly, so by five or six years old, we could expect a severe beating if we misbehaved.