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jougs

/ »ćÏôÊŠÉĄłú /

plural noun

  1. history an iron ring, fastened by a chain to a wall, post, or tree, in which an offender was held by the neck: common in Scotland from the 16th to 18th century
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of jougs1

C16: probably from French joug yoke
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Jougs, joogz, n. an iron neck-ring that constituted the old Scottish pillory.

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Public penance was also resorted to, often in addition to some other form of punishment; the penance usually involving the use of the “repentance-stool,” or the jaggs, or jougs.

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Qu’ils viennent voir au fond de l’étable un pauvre animal maigre, extĂ©nuĂ©, battant de sa queue inquiĂšte ses flancs dĂ©charnĂ©s, soufflant avec effroi et dĂ©dain sur la nourriture qu’on lui prĂ©sente, les yeux toujours tournĂ©s vers la porte, en grattant du pied la place vide Ă  ses cĂŽtĂ©s, flairant les jougs et les chaĂźnes que son compagnon a portĂ©s, et l’appelant sans cesse avec de dĂ©plorables mugissements.

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Gin ye offer tae strike me, I’ll hae the haill squad o’ ye afore the Provost o’ Portobelly, and, ma certie, there’ll be a wheen heels sune coolin’ in the jougs!”

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Aberdeen, jougs at, 180Abusing a mistress, 179Admiralty of the Humber, Court of the, 3-5Adultery, 232-241Alban, burnt to death, 98Aldbury stocks, 200Alfreton, 143Alive, gibbeted, 58, 76-77Altrincham, 284American punishments, 206-207, 274-275Anglo-Saxon punishments, 41, 186Applegirth, jougs at, 183Aram, Eugene, 53-55Argyle, Earl of, 132Ascham, R., 177Ashby-de-la-Zouch, finger pillory at, 171-172Ashton-under-Lyne, 174Athens, books burnt at, 159Attempted murder, last execution for, 38Attwood, Wm.,

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