I am glad John Winthorp and John Carver did not bring cumbrous and cruel iron branks to America. |
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As punishment, the branks was locked about the women's heads to humiliate them and teach them their place. |
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In the Americas, the branks were a type of humiliation punishment, while in medieval Europe, they were used more as a torture device. |
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These branks and the stocks are examples of implements of corporal punishment used in early modern Glasgow. |
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Somewhere in my unconscious memory lies the image of the seventeenth century branks, or gossip's bridle. |
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Wayne Jones, who ended Welding's run last year, maintained his hopes of another good run with a 3-0 triumph against qualifier Ian Branks. |
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Wayne Jones, who beat Welding in last year's quarter-finals, sustained his hopes of another good run with a 3-0 triumph against qualifier Ian Branks. |
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On the morning of Friday, 23 March 1849, the blood-stained bodies of John Branks and his three children were discovered in their one-room rural house. |
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