| Great Britain. Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales - 1848 - 550 pages
...custom which has been invented in the hope of promoting a knowledge of English:— My attention was attracted to a piece of wood, suspended by a string...and on the wood were the words, "Welsh stick." This, I was told, was a stigma for speaking Welsh. But, in fact, his only alternative was to speak Welsh... | |
| Commissioners of inquiry into the state of education in Wales - 1848 - 560 pages
...custom which has been invented in the hope of promoting a knowledge of English : — My attention was attracted to a piece of wood, suspended by a string...boy's neck, and on the wood were the words, "Welsh slick." This, I was told, was a stigma for speaking Welsh. But, in fact, his only alternative was to... | |
| Great Britain. Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales - 1848 - 550 pages
...custom which has been invented in the hope of promoting a knowledge of English : — My attention was attracted to a piece of wood, suspended by a string...boy's neck, and on the wood were the words, "Welsh slick." This, I was told, was a stigma for speaking Welsh. But, in fact, his only alternative was to... | |
| Powys-land Club - 1881 - 522 pages
...by hanging round his neck a large piece of lead, fastened to a string. In the school at hlandrynog, Denbighshire, the Educational Commissioner had his...told was a stigma for speaking Welsh. The Welsh stick may be transferred by the bearer of it to any schoolfellow whom he may hear committing a similar offence.... | |
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