Ducking stools consisted of a chair fixed to the end of two long beams, usually between 12 and 15 feet in length. The woman was strapped into the chair, hoisted out over a pond or river, and then ...

Although everyone seems to detest a person who is known as a “gossip” and few people would use that label to describe themselves, it is an exceedingly unusual individual who can walk away from a juicy ...