McNulty straightened the elbows a bit, made him cross the hands more firmly then laid the thick tails of his tawse on the hands from the tips of the finger to an inch or so below the start of the wrist, both to gauge distance and also to intimidate I suspect as this was a very thick and heavy strap, something which would not go unnoticed as it rested on the palms of a boy’s hands.. He also had to push them down an inch or so as the boy was bigger than he was. He pulled the belt over his shoulder, elbow pointing almost up to the ceiling to get maximum ‘drive’ then with a twist that probably threw him back out, he lifted one foot almost off the ground and brought the tails of the belt down on William’s crossed hands. The tails were a blur and the CRACK!! of the strap was
crisp and violent, like a pistol shot.
School Belt28
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School Corporal Punishment History7
Until recent years many Jesuits and some lay staff used the strap to punish certain kinds of misbehaviour –...
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Georgina of the Fifth1
“Georgina! Georgina Gascoyne! Georgina! Has anybody seen her? I say, have you all gone deaf? Don’t you hear me?...
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School Discipline References31
Ken and Tony got together, then came back and said a couple of the caning takes could be done...
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Mrs Wilkins129
It didn’t. Suddenly the familiar sound of a maternal hand on a bare bottom began ringing up from the...
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School Corporal Punishment References32
Crumlin High Belfast Yvonne One of my vivid memories of bein at Crumlin High was getting canned by Mr...
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School Corporal Punishment History134
Sometimes they thought him unduly harsh, sometimes incomprehensibly lenient. He could be decisive, as he demonstrated towards the...
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Caning on the Hands12
I came from a primary school where caning is just given even so frequently. I have been caned because...
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Wales & the School Cane1
I was an attendee at grammar school in Wales in the 1960s. Before this time I had no direct...