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Although birching was finally banned in Britain in 1968, Man's 1,000-year-old parliament, the Tynwald, has long been allowed to make its own internal laws.

From Time Magazine Archive

The European Court is expected to condemn the practice this spring, forcing Britain to outlaw birching on the isle.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you'd worked harder at College and done me credit, you'd 'a' been a feller of your college, or a judge in an Indian court, by this time, instead of birching naughty little boys.'

From The Giant's Robe by Anstey, F.

And all the birching in the world will not destroy a wish; the most it can do is to change its form.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

He could not endure another public expulsion, or even another birching; he could not endure the cold faces of even his best friends.

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)