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Filed under Cruel punishments.

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Adulteress caused to fall down stairs from which steps have been removed. (Cf. Q241.)Punishment: climbing red-hot rod. (Cf. S112.2.)Punishment: grinding up in a millPunishment: millstone hung around neck. Woman has had desire to kill frog. (Cf. Q211.8.)Punishment: choking with smoke. This given a lawyer who has "sold smoke", i.e., idle wordsHeart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.)Punishment: twisting entrails from bodyPunishment: sawing in twainPunishment: boring hot irons through ears. (Cf. S112.2.)Scalding as punishmentBaby son hurled into battle as punishment for desertion of fairy mistress. (Cf. Q247, Q411.3.)Murderer torn limb from limb. (Cf. Q211, Q416.)Hands in cleft log as punishment. (Cf. K1111, Q435.)
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Torture as punishmentMutilation as punishment. (Cf. S160.)Punishment: snake sucks woman's breastsPunishment: being bitten by animal. (Cf. Q415.)Walling up as a punishment. (Cf. S125.)Burial alive as punishment. (Cf. S123.)Flaying alive as punishmentFlogging as punishmentImpalement as punishmentCrucifixion as punishment. (Cf. Q522.1.)Spiked-cask punishment. Rolling down hill in a cask with spikes on insideCovering with honey and exposing to fliesThrowing into a pit as punishmentEmbarkation in leaky vessel as punishmentPunishment by drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.)

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