Tour Scotland Video Punishment Jougs Abernethy Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Punishment Jougs on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. Used as punishment for those found guilty of offence in Reformation Scotland. Miscreants would have this attached around their neck and be made to stand against the base of the tower. They would then proceed into the church to be reprimanded.


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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Iron Jougs Dowally

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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