Riding the Stang. An old Yorkshire custom used by a community to express displeasure at transgressions such as wife beating.

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Riding the Stang. An old Yorkshire custom used by a community to express displeasure at transgressions such as wife beating. A neighbour resembling the guilty party would be mounted on a pole, or ladder, on men's shoulders and paraded before their house, making rough music or any discordant noise using pots and pans. From Picturesque History of Yorkshire, published

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Keywords: community, custom, england, english, ladder, music, noise, noisy, pole, punishment, riding, rough, stang, yorkshire