Public disapproval used to take a very visible and audible form: “ran – tanning” or “riding the stang” consisted of a crowd gathering outside someone’s house, banging pots and pans and making as much noise as they could.  The custom has now largely died out, at least in physical form.  Historian Andrew Walker describes what this noisy penalty used to involve.

Presented by Dr Andrew Walker.

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