Thomas Sullivan wrote:
> Does anyone know of a discussion of physical-blows-to-help-one-remember in
> the literature? I recall the notion of beating children to help them remember
> land boundaries if later disputes should arise over boundaries as well as
> making people take a bath to help them remember a significant event.
Sure: the blow delivered in knighting ceremonies: Marc Bloch. _Feudal Society_,
vol. II, chap. 23
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