I think it was a way of dealing with offenders in the 60's but don't k now what it is
2006-07-10 11:27:09 · 15 answers · asked by Blue_Bell 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
was it hanging...when did hanging stop in the U.K
2006-07-10 11:34:22 · update #1
I'm taking about hanging convicted criminals
2006-07-10 11:34:46 · update #2
so who whipped them...the police? was it only for men?
2006-07-10 11:35:44 · update #3
A birch was a bunch of twigs tied together & the perpitrator was flogged with the said 'birch'.....maybe we should bring it bag to sort out the yob culture in the uk!
2006-07-10 11:34:53 · answer #1 · answered by jack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Birching was being whipped by a birch rod for misdemeanours.
It was still carried out as a punishment on the isle of man long after it had stopped in the uk.
2006-07-10 12:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by jean c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birch is a type of wood, it is fairly stiff with some spring. Birch twigs were used for brooms.
The birch means whipping offenders across their bare back or backside. Two of the reasons it was dicontinued include
- Punishment doesn't prevent crime
- The people who deallt out the punishment sometimes were overenthusiastic or got off on it.
2006-07-10 11:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Birching - a form of corporal punishment administered to juveniles resident in the Isle Of Man in the 60s/70s.Now illegal.
A birch rod, or a bundle of birch branches, formerly used to inflict physical punishment; usually across the shoulders and back
2006-07-10 11:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by grandad 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Birching is a form of punishment using a birch cane or thin branch. As the wood is pliable it is capable of leaving welts on the skin and is very painful (similar to being whipped I am told).
2006-07-10 13:12:23 · answer #5 · answered by prcastree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for criminals they used THE CAT O NINE TAILS apparently very painful when beaten with this. People say they should bring it back cause if someone was beaten with this they would never again commit a crime. Also taken from the name of the tree -birch-- as a rod which was flexible for punishment
2006-07-10 12:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
birch is a tree and they used its branches to whip bad boys arses (don't know if the still use it in the isle of man)
yes they should bring back hanging in the UK it would be a good day out
2006-07-10 11:36:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means whipping them with bundles of big birch tree branches on the back and shoulders.
It was used in the 19th century by teachers in schools and by officers on men in the Royal Navy. I don't believe it was ever used to punish civilian criminals.
The last hanging in the UK took place in 1964.
2006-07-10 11:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birching is when you get whipped with branches from a birch tree and it apparently hurts like hell.
2006-07-10 11:32:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was used in the isle of man up ontill the70s it was whipping handed ot by the courts.the whip was made from the branch of a tree birch
2006-07-10 11:34:54 · answer #10 · answered by mr g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋