James Quinn and his classmates called it the blackjack — five layers
and 18 in. (46 cm) of leather, studded with coins and other metal
objects. The priests at the school Quinn attended in rural Ireland in
the 1950s each carried a blackjack and used it, along with bamboo rods
and other objects, to dole out almost daily beatings to hundreds of
children.
"Whatever class you went to, you got a beating from whoever was in charge," says Quinn, now 70. "But knowing what other people went through, I know I was one of the lucky ones."
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"Whatever class you went to, you got a beating from whoever was in charge," says Quinn, now 70. "But knowing what other people went through, I know I was one of the lucky ones."
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