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    3. Does anyone know of anyone personally who's been birched on the Isle of Mann?
    Does anyone know of anyone personally who's been birched on the Isle of Mann?

    That form of corporal punishment was used there after the UK abolished it in 1948.

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    0  Views: 540 Answers: 2 Posted: 12 years ago
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      12 years ago. Rating: 0
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        The Isle of Man (population 50000) is a Crown Dependency in the middle of the Irish Sea. ... era -- could be birched only by higher courts, which at that time was ... The last was in May 1971, when a 13-year-old was convicted of robbing.
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          dinksdalton

          I don't suppose he ever forgot the experience!!
          commented 12 years ago


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