. Bygone church life in Scotland . JOUGS FROM THE OLD CHURCH OF CLOVA,FORFARSHIRE. repentance on which they had been sentenced to stand in presence of the congregation. The jagg or jougs consisted of an iron collar fastened by a padlock, which hung from a chain secured in the church wall near the principal entrance. An offender sentenced to the jagg H 114 BYGONE CHURCH LIFE. was compelled to stand locked within this collarfor an hour or more before the morning serviceon one or more Sundays. About the time ofthe Revolution this dropt out of use, chieflyfrom the fact that the State no longer suf
. Bygone church life in Scotland . JOUGS FROM THE OLD CHURCH OF CLOVA,FORFARSHIRE. repentance on which they had been sentenced to stand in presence of the congregation. The jagg or jougs consisted of an iron collar fastened by a padlock, which hung from a chain secured in the church wall near the principal entrance. An offender sentenced to the jagg H 114 BYGONE CHURCH LIFE. was compelled to stand locked within this collarfor an hour or more before the morning serviceon one or more Sundays. About the time ofthe Revolution this dropt out of use, chieflyfrom the fact that the State no longer suffered. THE JOUGS AT DUDDINGSTON. the powers of the Kirk to be carried with sohigh a hand; several of the old jaggs, how-ever, yet remain. At Merton, Berwickshire,at Clova, in Forfarshire, and at Duddingston,Midlothian, the instrument may still be seenattached to the kirk wall ; the jaggs ofStirling and of Galashiels have also been DISCIPLINE IN THE KIRK. 115 preserved, though removed from their originalplaces.^ Besides the repentance-stool and the jagg,which were specially the weapons of the kirk,there were other instruments of punishmentemployed by the State, to which the Kirk alsodid not hesitate at times to have recourse. Justas the Spanish Inquisition handed over thosewhom it condemned to the secular arm forpunishment, so the Scottish Kirk passed resolu-tions desiring the bailies to put this or thatoffender in gyves; magistrates were requested toimprison others, their fude to be bread andwatter; employers were instructed to fine orchastise servants who used profane language;and town auth
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