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There is no doubt that our far-away grandfathers, whether of English, French, Dutch, Scotch or Irish blood, were much more afraid of ridicule than they were even of sinning, and far more than we are of extreme derision or mockery to-day. This fear and sensitiveness they showed in many ways. They were vastly touchy and resentful about being called opprobrious or bantering names; often running petulantly to the court about it and seeking redress by prosecution of the offender. And they were forever bringing suits in petty slander and libel cases. Colonial court-rooms "bubbled over with scandal and gossip and spite." A creature as obsolete. | Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle 1 Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle Project Gutenberg s Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Author Alice Morse Earle Release Date September 27 2010 EBook 34005 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS OF BYGONE DAYS Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle 2 Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Illustration The Drunkards Cloak. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle. The Illustrations BY FRANK HAZENPLUG Loompanics Unlimited Port Townsend Washington Originally published 1896 Reprinted by Loompanics Unlimited ISBN 0-915179-53-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-082642 The Contents I THE BILBOES 1 II THE DUCKING STOOL 11 III THE STOCKS 29 IV THE PILLORY 44 V PUNISHMENTS OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS 57 VI THE WHIPPING-POST 70 VII THE SCARLET LETTER 86 VIII BRANKS AND GAGS 96 IX PUBLIC PENANCE 106 X MILITARY PUNISHMENTS 119 XI BRANDING AND MAIMING 138 FOREWORD. In ransacking old court records newspapers diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history I have found and noted much of interest that has not been used or referred to in any of those books. An accumulation of notes on old-time laws punishments and penalties has evoked this volume. The subject is not a pleasant one though it often has a humorous element but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice