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Just received some more pics from Polly Perkins who is attending some Whipping Sunday events of bygone days. They will be duly added to the archive.
As you can see in this pic cartloads of young women are being brought to the town centre where they are off loaded and stripped ready for whipping. Angus McBride can be seen, middle right, very angry with his now naked Welsh wife Gweneth. He suspects her of adultery and has ordered ten lashes for her and thirty for their daughter Anwen who can be seen receiving her lashes from one of the traveling Masters Of The Whip. Anwen was completely innocent of anything but Angus wanted his wife to suffer by seeing their naked daughter whipped in public before she was strung up. He ordered only ten lashes for his wife because he didn't want her too badly marked before bedtime. In despair Gweneth turned to Angus and begged for Anwen to be freed. She confessed to only committing adultery once. It just happened to be with The Royal Welch Fusiliers!! Angus ordered another ten lashes for Anwen on account of
1. He had a headache.
2.It was an old joke even in Medieval times.
3.He knew that The Royal Welch Fusiliers weren't founded until 1689.
4.He was getting annoyed with the drivel being churned out by the script writers.
Back to the story. The crowd loved it when a girl screamed and writhed in agony during her whipping and Masters Of The Whip were the best at their trade in the country. You wouldn't stand too close in your Sunday best when they were at work. They had no qualms about a bit of blood letting. Anwen would have been well advised to please the crowd but she was too proud to let them know how she was suffering. Discontent began to grow in the audience who started to call for Fiery Jack. Anwen wasn't aware of the existence of such a character. She had never been to a Whipping Sunday festival before and had no idea of the horror about to befall the poor girl.
Polly has promised to send a pic of Fiery Jack at work ASAP.
PS For more on Whipping Sunday seehttp://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/whipping-sunday.2731/
new link: http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/resources/whipping-sunday.331/
As you can see in this pic cartloads of young women are being brought to the town centre where they are off loaded and stripped ready for whipping. Angus McBride can be seen, middle right, very angry with his now naked Welsh wife Gweneth. He suspects her of adultery and has ordered ten lashes for her and thirty for their daughter Anwen who can be seen receiving her lashes from one of the traveling Masters Of The Whip. Anwen was completely innocent of anything but Angus wanted his wife to suffer by seeing their naked daughter whipped in public before she was strung up. He ordered only ten lashes for his wife because he didn't want her too badly marked before bedtime. In despair Gweneth turned to Angus and begged for Anwen to be freed. She confessed to only committing adultery once. It just happened to be with The Royal Welch Fusiliers!! Angus ordered another ten lashes for Anwen on account of
1. He had a headache.
2.It was an old joke even in Medieval times.
3.He knew that The Royal Welch Fusiliers weren't founded until 1689.
4.He was getting annoyed with the drivel being churned out by the script writers.
Back to the story. The crowd loved it when a girl screamed and writhed in agony during her whipping and Masters Of The Whip were the best at their trade in the country. You wouldn't stand too close in your Sunday best when they were at work. They had no qualms about a bit of blood letting. Anwen would have been well advised to please the crowd but she was too proud to let them know how she was suffering. Discontent began to grow in the audience who started to call for Fiery Jack. Anwen wasn't aware of the existence of such a character. She had never been to a Whipping Sunday festival before and had no idea of the horror about to befall the poor girl.
Polly has promised to send a pic of Fiery Jack at work ASAP.
PS For more on Whipping Sunday see
new link: http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/resources/whipping-sunday.331/
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