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”.

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...

OAKHAM, England, March 9 (Reuter's.) -- The 18-year-old son of Dan Duryea, villain of the movies, today earned six lashes of the cane -- at his own request. Peter Duryea, prefect at a private school here, got his "six of the best" by slipping out after lights for a dance in town. Four other boys involved also got lashed.

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.

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.

2018年7月22日 · 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 …

The administration of the cane was a more serious matter, and up to six strokes were administered across tight trousers. The school kept discipline not just with the actual use of CP, but also the threat and discussion of it.

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 ...

Six of the best is a phrase that refers to a (chiefly British) method of corporal punishment. Method "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.

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.