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Punishment

Categories: CHILDHOOD

89. An eyewinker placed in the palm of the hand will cause the ferule

to break when the teacher strikes the palm with it.

Portsmouth, N.H.



90. Pine tar or pitch in the hand will prevent the blows of the ferule

from causing pain. (Portsmouth, N.H., sixty years ago.)



Believed by most schoolboys there at that time.



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