I don't know if it was a "torture" device or used in the western days to hold prisoners until they could get them to a jail. But I'm trying to find out the name of this & can't. People would still be standing up. The top lifted open. They would have to stick their head & hands in the open holes, it would be closed back down over them & locked. They use fake ones a lot these days, for photo props at fairs, etc...Can anyone tell me what the name of this thing is? Thanx!
2007-10-27 11:35:23 · 23 answers · asked by sunrise_n_tn 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The stockade.
2007-10-27 11:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Silver 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They are called "stocks". Some used to have a section for the persons feet as well. It was a form of public punishment. It was not just used for adults - children were put into the stocks too. They were generally used as punishment for petty crime like theft and in a lot of cases the village/townfolk threw rotten fruit or vegetables at the person locked in the stocks. This was one of the public punishments used....another one was the birch. This was a switch of birch twigs, bound together and the criminal was beaten with it. Wonder if there'd be as many ASBO's given out if these two types of punishments were still used!
2007-10-27 11:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The stocks were used as a form of punishment. They would be locked in the stocks for a given amount of time and the rest of the villagers could pelt them with rotten vegetables and eggs to show their contempt. It was an exercise in humiliation and probably wouldn't be such a bad idea for some of todays young thugs.
2007-10-27 11:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by bri 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What it's called depends on the local dialect of English used.
It is called a pillory in the British Isles. But in New England, USA it was called the stockade. Back then it was sometimes called "the stock" or "the stocks" for short.
2007-10-27 11:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
This was the pillory. The version which had people's ankles in the holes, in a sitting-down position, was the stocks. See http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Crime/Punishment.asp Neither were for torture or for holding prisoners, but a form of punishment for minor infringements of the law. So now you know why one says that someone was 'pilloried' when they get attacked for something they've said or done!
2007-10-27 11:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by Ambi valent 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The ones used in early US were called stocks. They were used in New England area. They were a foorm of public humiliation and punishment.
2007-10-27 11:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Stocks. Sometimes it may only have been their head or their hands.
2007-10-27 11:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The stocks.
2007-10-27 11:37:31 · answer #8 · answered by t. B 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Oh such a public humiliation to be put in the 'stocks.'and have your neighbors taunt and throw things at you.
2007-10-27 11:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stocks. They also have sitting stocks, where your feet go through
2007-10-27 11:40:17 · answer #10 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there called stocks they were used medevel times,when people used to through stones and rotton eggs ect at them
2007-10-27 11:39:49 · answer #11 · answered by meg 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋