I had a morbid fascination for this subject, don’t ask me why but it’s there as I guess it is with everyone else on here. With this “interest” in mind I’ve looked up punishment books online by trying punishment books into Google images. I have found maybe four or five examples of these (if there are anymore less obvious ones I could look examine please let me know) One thing I have noticed is that the amount of strokes given always fall quite short of the famous six. Usually the number being only one stroke to four at the most and usually just one or two. I wasn’t at school in the golden age of school caning but even just through cultural and media references I know that caning is quite often refereed to as “six of the best”. Why is this when I’ve never seen a single account of that happening? Also why is there no references to slippering or strapping in these books?
