Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the iron punishment Jougs at Dowally, Perthshire, Scotland. Jougs were an iron collar fastened by a short chain to a wall, often, as above, at the parish church, or to a tree. The collar was placed round the offender's neck and fastened by a padlock. The jougs were in reality a pillory. They were used for ecclesiastical as well as civil offences. Examples could still be seen in Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. It may have lent its name to the modern "jug", slang for prison. A criminal in the jougs would expect to be abused but his or her life was not be endangered.
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