As I have mentioned elsewhere, my father was deputy head and later headmaster of the school I attended. I did have the opportunity to sneak a look at the Punishment Book on one occasion and I have to admit it wasn’t particularly interesting.
The only revealing thing was the difference between those who usually gave one or two strokes and those who generally gave four or six. Of course, it would have been interesting to know exactly the reason why
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