The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in Ameri... -Alice Morse Earle

The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women were far too plentiful, and were gagged for that annoying and irritating habit.

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Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and author known for her writings on early American colonial life and material culture. Her books shed light on the everyday lives of early settlers and their customs, providing valuable insights into American history.

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The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ign...
Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends....
The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the mo...
We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named John J...
Sunken gardens should be laid out under the supervision of an intelligent landscape architect; and even then should have a reason for being sunken oth...
We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and have Delft or othe...
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