Editing Corporal punishment (section)

== Rituals ==
In parts of England, boys were once beaten under the old tradition of "[[Beating the Bounds]]" whereby a boy was paraded around the edge of a city or parish and spanked with a switch or cane to mark the boundary.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/3675676.stm "Mayor may axe child spanking rite"], BBC News Online, 21 September 2004.</ref> One famous "Beating the Bounds" took place around the boundary of St Giles and the area where [[Tottenham Court Road]] now stands in central London. The actual stone that marked the boundary is now underneath the [[Centre Point]] office tower.<ref>Ackroyd, Peter. ''London: The Biography'', Chatto & Windus, London, 2000. {{ISBN|1-85619-716-6}}</ref>

In the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], and some parts of [[Hungary]], a tradition for health and fertility is carried out on [[Easter Monday]]. Boys and young men will spank or whip girls and young women on the bottom with braided willow branches. After the man sings the verse, the young woman turns around and the man takes a few whacks at her backside with the whip. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magicbohemia.com/2019/04/15/whipping-away-infertility-on-easter/|title=Whipping away infertility at Easter|last=babastudio|website=Bohemian Magic|language=en-US|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.incultureparent.com/2012/03/whats-easter-without-a-whipping/|title=What's Easter without a Whipping?|last=Prucha|first=Emily|date=31 March 2012|website=InCultureParent|language=en-US|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>