“I’ve just been Beaten” - Moonglow
All beatings without exception were on the buttocks, and, with very, very few exceptions, over trousers or pyjamas. On exceptionally rare occasions, a beating might be on the naked buttocks, if a boy was caught with extra “protection”. The normal beating was six “strokes” or “cuts”.
Education: Six of the Best - TIME
Wildman brandished his prized 30-inch Dragon Smoky Malacca, “a very pliant and punishing cane.” “And how many strokes do you advise?” Headmaster Copping asked. Smiling, Wildman suggested...
Six of the best - wipipedia.org
Six of the best is a phrase that refers to a (chiefly British) method of physical punishment. "Six of the best" was a classic punishment for boys. Six strokes or "cuts" are delivered with a cane onto the delinquent's buttocks. The punishment could be given either on the seat of the trousers or shorts, on the briefs, or on the bare bottom.
The cane and corporal punishment - Victorian School
2009年5月28日 · Charlotte – six of the best is a reference to six very hard strokes of a cane across your bottom. Some boys schools would insist on PE shorts being worn for punishment so nothing could be worn underneath for protection.
SENTENCE CARRIED OUT - anniebeebooks
2014年7月14日 · All thirty-six strokes needed to be superb – exceptionally hard and accurate. Robert had been instructed previously that the caning was to be taken in complete silence, and that failure to do so would result in penalties. I was determined to have him squealing before he had received even six strokes.
The punishment system 1927-1961 - Old Cicestrians
He was then taken out of the room and a punishment was discussed and agreed – this was usually a number of strokes (e.g. 3) of the cane. On being brought back into the room punishment was administered by Mr. Watson. It was difficult not to feel for the boy being punished as he bravely bore the stinging pain inflicted by the instrument.
Six of the best! ROGER DOWLING (Editor) - Issuu
These offences usually earned two strokes of the cane. More serious were offences like bullying, ‘cutting detention’, and general cheating in tests and disobedience: these could result in ...
"Six of the Best" - Cranbrook Centenary
A few Masters have gone down in student memory for their fearsome “caning technique” (Headmaster Hone was known as “Blitz” and another teacher was nicknamed “Flogger Martin”), but the two Masters who most readily embraced the cane have been largely warmly remembered as good disciplinarians who enlisted an effective form of ...
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Tales from the study
There was no swish as the cane landed on my bum, just a dull thud. I felt it, but there was no searing pain. The second and third stoke landed. What a disappointment. I hardly felt a thing. Mr. Buckingham’s heart was not in this. I felt terribly let down. I got six strokes, but there’s no way anyone could have mistaken them for “six-of ...
In Praise of the Cane - Wellred Weekly: Vol. 1, No. 9
Nowadays, the cane has been liberated from the classroom and finds a more welcoming reception in bedrooms across the land and indeed, the globe. Here it is truly at home. No longer limited to the traditional six of the best, a true enthusiast can endure dozens of strokes, with practice. It has never been easier to obtain a punishment cane.