three whacks across a girls bottom, with the cane or Slipper happened on many occasions.
My wife received three Strokes of the slipper at senior school, I compare the number of Whacks she received to that of other girls.
I have a passage from “The Corporal Punishment of Schoolgirls” from Leicestershire’s school year 1980-1981.
Only seventy-six girls were Beaten in that year, and all received the slipper, rather than the cane Across their bottoms.
Of these girls, thirteen received only one stroke;
Thirty-one received two strokes; twenty-three received three strokes;
Seven girls received four strokes and only two received more than four;
An average of 2.4 strokes per slippering ( calculated on the assumption
That more than four means the traditional six).
On that occasion, three whacks were the second highest amount.