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    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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    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.
    dinksdalton

    I don't suppose he ever forgot the experience!!


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