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An illustration of a torture horse of the Spanish donkey variety. Riding a rail, sketched by Andrew W. Warren in November 1864. The first variation of the wooden horse is a triangular device with one end of the triangle pointing upward, mounted on a sawhorse-like support. The victim is made to straddle the triangular "horse."
The Ceffyl Pren ("wooden horse") is a term referring to a former local form of punishment practiced in Welsh form of mob justice.It was a form of ritual humiliation in which offenders would be paraded around the village tied to a wooden frame, sometimes at night, by a mob carrying torches. [1]
The basic rebenque is composed of a rawhide covered wooden handle 30–50 centimetres (0.98–1.64 ft) long, and differently from other riding whips, a rawhide strap about 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) wide and a little longer than the handle. The strap can be double, sewn at the edges, and could have the point unsown, for making a slapper.
Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The subject was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
Charivari was sometimes called "riding the 'stang", when the target was a man who had been subject to scolding, beating, or other abuse from his wife. The man was made to "ride the 'stang", which meant that he was placed backwards on a horse, mule or ladder and paraded through town to be mocked, while people banged pots and pans. [50] [51] [52 ...
The rituals of self-discipline were nothing new. He’d kept a journal since the 8th grade documenting his daily meals and workout routines. As a teenager, he’d woken up to the words of legendary coaches he’d copied from books and taped to his bedroom walls — John Wooden on preparation, Vince Lombardi on sacrifice and Dan Gable on goals.
Elle Woods may have graduated from Harvard Law School but Reese Witherspoon did not.. The actress, who starred as the sorority queen turned litigator in 2001's "Legally Blonde," reflected on how ...
In Iceland, there are modern examples of a nithing pole being raised.It is thought that the tradition has continued unbroken since the settlement of Iceland. A notable example occurred in 2006, when a farmer in Bíldudalur, claiming direct descent from Egill Skallagrímsson, raised a pole with a calf's head attached against another local man with a note attached to the effect that he would not ...