Poster from Leominster Priory of Ducking Stool used in 1809 in adjacent streams

#DuckingStool was used to parade the victim round the town before ducking her in stream.

My book FrolicksomeWomenTroublesomeWives

My #book on #WifeSelling also describes the punishment of #DuckingScolds. Based on the idea the women were overheated, so needed cooling off. No age was cited for any victims so I wonder if the victims were suffering #menopausal #HotFlushes #WomensHistory #RealLife

Ducking Scolds Ducking stools seem to have originated in the Elizabethan era, when the church lost most of its role in the punishment of moral misbehaviour. Initially, women were forced to sit outside their homes…

barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2021/05/17/d... #DuckingScolds

Am always exhausted so make errors online. Worst has just been alerted on #Facebook where I commented on #DuckingScolds I spelt it with an F!!!!!!