The Tawse was the Scottish education system’s corporal punishment weapon of choice For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and ...

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The birch and birching stool to which offenders were secured before punishment was administered. Mind you, it must have stung quite a bit. We're talking about the tawse, a fearsome instrument of ...

Mind you, it must have stung quite a bit. We're talking about the tawse, a fearsome instrument of punishment in the hands of Walsall headteachers thwacking down on bad behaviour in school. The ...

For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and dread - the Lochgelly Tawse. The tawse, a Scots word meaning thongs of a whip, was ...

The birch and birching stool to which offenders were secured before punishment was administered. Mind you, it must have stung quite a bit. We're talking about the tawse, a fearsome instrument of ...