People throw the word "whipping" around a lot, such as "Dean will take a whipping on issue X" or "Clark supporters whipped up on Lieberbam supports" so I thought I'd take a look at some
old tyme whipping.
From the 1848 Rules of the Stokes County School:
OFFENSE # OF LASHES
- Boys & Girls Playing Together 4
- Quarreling 4
- Fighting 5
- Fighting at School 5
- Quarreling at School 3
- Gambling or Betting at School 4
- Playing at Cards at School 10
- Climbing for every foot over three feet up a tree 1
- Telling Lies 7
- Telling Tales Out of School 8
- Nick Naming Each Other 4
- Giving Each Other ILL Names 3
- Fighting Each Other in Time of Books 2
- Swearing at School 8
- Blackguarding Each Other 6
- For Misbehaving to Girls 10
- For Leaving School Without Leave of the Teacher 4
- Going Home With Each Other without Leave of Teacher 4
- For Drinking Spiritous Liquors at School 8
- Making Swings & Swinging on Them 7
- For Misbehaving when a Stranger is in the House 6
- For Wearing Long Finger Nails 2
- For not Making a Bow when a Stranger Comes in 3
- Misbehaving to Persons on the Road 4
- For not Making a Bow when you Meet a Person 4
- For Going to Girl's Play Places 3
- For Going to Boy's Play Places 4
- Coming to School with Dirty Face and Hands 2
- For Calling Each Other Liars 4
- For Playing Bandy 10
- For Bloting Your Copy Book 2
- For Not Making a bow when you go home 4
- For Not Making a bow when you come away 4
- Wrestling at School 4
- Scuffling at School 4
- For Weting each Other Washing at Play Time 2
- For Hollowing and Hooping Going Home 3
- For Delaying Time Going Home or Coming to School 3
- For Not Making a Bow when you come in or go out 2
- For Throwing anything harder than your trab ball 4
- For every word you miss in your lesson without excuse 1
- For Not saying yes Sir or no Sir or yes Marm, no Marm 2
- For Troubling Each Others Writing Affairs 2
- For Not Washing at Play Time when going to Books 4
- For Going and Playing about the Mill or Creek 6
- For Going about the barn or doing any mischief about 7
And no, I don't know what "Bandy" is although I'm now intensely curious to play it :)
Peace
p.s. #42 is still in effect in Georgia