Jvery woman is the result of her upbringing. And a woman who pleases her husband has certainly had a strict upbringing and has been taught early on what obedience is and what manners are expected of a good girl. It is therefore no mistake to remind her of her childhood and youth from time to time and bring her back to her place of origin.

The differences in parenting methods become particularly clear when you are dealing with a woman who grew up in a different country. Especially if it is a country where the good old parenting methods are still alive today. And there are more such countries than you might think. In the middle of Europe. Right in the neighborhood.

One of these is Ireland. The Irish island has always retained an independence that sets it apart from the rest of the continent. Although it is now quite peaceful there, there is still a deep rift between devout Catholics and Protestants of other faiths. And not only in Northern Ireland, which continues to be dominated by Great Britain.

Outside of the big cities, however, there is not much evidence of this. There, life still goes on as usual and there is a great deal of respect for old traditions that a good Irishman will not shake. This includes the fact that on the Emerald Isle, the man is still the master of the house and all the women inside the typical natural stone walls are subject to his command. Emancipation may exist in the cities. In the countryside, however, a man who does not know how to lead his family with a firm hand is somehow not considered a real man.

In the small villages and towns, there is probably no Irish woman who doesn’t know what it means when father uses „the strap“. Every family here has this thick leather strap and it is reserved for the father to use it. Or the grandfather, if he is also part of the family. This is particularly important if the man of the house is not always at home. Many Irish people from the countryside earn their money in the distant city or even on the „mainland“, as the Irish call the part of Europe that is not washed by the sea.

When the father is absent, grandfather automatically takes charge of the family. And he then not only has unlimited say, but also the right to take the reins if there are signs of disobedience. This right explicitly applies not only to his son’s children, but also to his wife, who is just as subject to her father-in-law’s discipline as she is to her husband’s.

Björn Schwenger also came to appreciate this realization when fate brought him together with one of those well-bred Irish women who are considered an insider tip in certain male circles.

His marriage had resulted in two girls, who were now in their difficult teenage years and kept asking for fatherly discipline. Björn was a father in the old style. Not only did he know how to keep his pretty wife in line and submissive and maintain the upbringing that had already done her good when she was still living with her parents. He also applied the same ironclad principles to the upbringing of the two girls, who knew exactly what was in store for them if they didn’t play ball.

If one of them violated one of the numerous rules of conduct that formed the law in the Schwenger house, this was reported to the master of the house by the cooperative wife, who immediately took the necessary measures. The sinner in question was instructed to get ready and report to the landlord’s home office dressed only in a T-shirt. His strap was an original Irish tawse, the kind that used to be found in every school and which had probably determined the education of unruly young girls for several centuries. Life in Ireland used to be exceptionally hard and the methods of education were just as harsh. Godly girls had to be obedient and if they were not, they were taught the painful way to keep the Lord’s commandments.

A tawse had a proper bite and no girl could endure its effects without letting out shrill screams and making every promise her educator wanted to hear. The visible result was impressive and led to noticeably swollen buttocks that glowed a vibrant red and not only burned properly, but also left vivid memories in the sinner’s mind.

Björn was still amazed at how often he had to repeat this procedure, even though both girls actually had a hell of a respect for the biting leather.

It was a summer vacation trip with his wife and children that took Björn to his wife’s homeland, and it was there that he learned how to really raise rebellious teenagers. The scene was a small farm, as his wife had grown up in the countryside. There were no immediate neighbors and the strict husband was really fascinated by the life they led here while he was a guest. After all, there was always something to do on a farm and you could only really make time for guests in the evening. But then they had a proper meal and a cold Irish beer was always to hand.

Björn could vividly imagine how his wife had grown up here and when he got talking to his father-in-law, who was already getting on in years, he quickly realized that he was dealing with a down-to-earth man who had probably raised his daughters the way an old-fashioned Irish family man does. In his house, a stubborn contradiction had immediately led to the person in question having the flat of his father’s hand slapped across his face without warning. For his wife and her younger sisters, open disobedience was inevitably a case for the leather strap, which was only ever used on bare skin.

He should get to know the leather strap itself in a few days.

At first, Björn’s daughters were anything but enthusiastic about the idea of spending their summer vacation on an Irish farm. Young girls have different ideas of what a great vacation should be like. But once they were there, they found it quite „cool“, to put it in their own language. After all, there were ponies and other animals here and the two girls quickly immersed themselves in a world that had previously been largely foreign to them. As a result, their father didn’t get to see them all day and they only reappeared for dinner to talk about their experiences.

The big turning point came about a week later, when Björn’s father-in-law dragged the two brats across the yard one evening and verbosely expressed his displeasure about something. He held them tightly and, visibly upset, told their father what had happened.

It seemed that he had caught the teenagers in the barn, which at this time of year was packed to the rafters with freshly harvested hay. Tragically, both of them had apparently used the seclusion of the old wooden building to smoke their first cigarette in secret. At least they claimed that this was their very first cigarette and that they had found the packet and matches somewhere in the house by chance. It obviously hadn’t occurred to them that you don’t smoke in a barn and that open fires were strictly forbidden in the midst of all the flammable material. They also hadn’t really realized that you don’t just take other people’s smoking materials to satisfy your own curiosity. The two of them were probably in such an adventurous mood that they had completely forgotten basic principles.

Father-in-law assured them that he had expressly warned them never to use fire in the barn. Just last year, a neighbor’s entire barn had burned down because two young hitchhikers thought they needed a smoke before going to bed. The old man was extremely upset and made no secret of what he would prefer to do with such youngsters.

„They both need a good spanking,“ was his solution. „I’d spank them so hard that they’d remember it for the rest of their lives.“

Björn actually had the same thought. Firstly, the two of them had stolen. Then they had smoked, even though it was forbidden. And to top it all off, they had shown the incredible stupidity to do this in a barn of all places, even though they knew exactly how dangerous it was. So the father didn’t think twice:

„I wouldn’t mind if you made her pay for what she did,“ was his response. „Let your anger run free. Give them a good tanning so they’ll never do something so stupid again.“

No sooner said than done. The two culprits were first locked in their room and grounded for the rest of the day. „I still have a lot to do. But you can be sure that I’ll take them both tonight,“ was the angry father-in-law’s comment.

The two teenagers were noticeably meek when they sat at the dinner table with the whole family that evening. They were obviously not very hungry and only had a snack. Their eyes flickered uncertainly as they were largely ignored by the rest of the group.

The big moment came after the table was cleared and everyone made themselves comfortable in the adjoining living room. All except for the two girls.

„You stay here,“ was the order given to them by the master of the house. „I will be with you in a moment and I expect you to have stripped down to your T-shirts by then.“

„We should …“

„Did I make myself unclear? Get yourselves ready. You know that I will punish you.“

„But that’s not possible, we …“

„I will not tolerate any backtalk and to teach you that, you will now undress completely. When I come back, you will be naked.“

Her father ignored the pleading looks with which his daughters reacted to the shocking request to undress in front of a strange man. Their mother also showed no emotion. Even at home, the two of them had to undress in order to be punished. But it was different to face their own father virtually naked than a grandfather they hardly knew.

Hesitantly and visibly embarrassed, the two girls began to remove their clothes. They had obviously realized that any resistance would only make their situation worse. So they took off one piece of clothing after the other and finally stood stark naked in front of the large dining table, where their punishment was presumably to be carried out. The rest of the family showed no emotion and waited silently for the inevitable ritual. Whoever was here at home knew what was about to happen and everyone associated their own thoughts and memories with it.

The master of the house was ready. He entered the room with the meaningful expression of a man who was aware of his responsible task. In his right hand he held the traditional instrument of chastisement that had been used to raise millions of Irish girls and had obviously been used countless times in this house to punish children and remind young women of their duties. The tawse, made of brown tanned leather, showed that it had been handed down from one head of the family to another over generations. The leather was recognizably old and looked worn, but decades of careful care had preserved its value and not altered its effectiveness.

Björn was impressed. The Irish were proud of their traditions and this simple strip of leather seemed to him to symbolize a centuries-old custom that had survived into modern times, when nothing else seemed to be as it once was. The father of the family felt the touch of history and watched almost reverently as the master of the house stood before the two sinners awaiting their punishment. How many girls had probably stood in exactly the same place, naked to the navel and trembling with fear. His two daughters had been astonishingly obedient to the dictates of the master of the house. They could have avoided standing completely naked in front of the man they hardly knew and who had already brought up their mother in the tried and tested way.

He intoned a sweeping sermon that not only impressed the two sinners. He reminded them once again of the dangers of open fires. He spoke of recklessness and irresponsibility and emphasized the harmful effects of smoking on their health. And he let them know that he would deal with each of them individually to punish them, as had been the custom in this house for generations.

He then asked the younger of the two to lean over the edge of the massive dining table and instructed her older sister to take up a position to the side so that she could witness her sister’s chastisement.

There was no doubt that the old man radiated authority. His words were clear and his statements unmistakable. The impressive leather strap in his right hand emphasized the seriousness of his intentions and the obvious trembling of the two naked girls showed that his appearance was not without effect.

The old man was in his element and everyone in the room sensed that his authority was unbroken. Once the reason for the impending chastisement was clear, he assumed the expected position and positioned himself slightly to the side in front of the girl, who was restlessly moving her little bottom back and forth. She was already well developed, Björn noted appreciatively once again, and was proud of his extremely pretty daughter. He knew that there were countless lustful eyes on her at school and that many a boy undoubtedly jerked off at night when he dreamed of her. But he also knew that he would keep an iron grip on her until it was time to marry her off to the right man.

The old Tawse whizzed through the air with an ominous sound and landed with a resounding thud on the girl’s two exposed buttocks. A tiny moment of shock passed and the little girl let out a shrill scream as her whole body reared up and the pain made her jump upwards.

She had only ever felt her father’s leather belt and had just had a completely new experience. A thick cowhide tawse split in two at the active end was undoubtedly one of the most effective ways of showing a girl that she had done forbidden things and had to atone for it. Her rather pale skin now bore an unmistakable, wide welt that stretched across both buttocks and looked almost like a brand. With a normal leather belt, it would certainly have taken two or three blows to achieve the same effect.

Her teacher obviously wanted the punishment to be deeply engraved in her memory. He therefore waited until the girl had obediently resumed the expected posture and took another swing. The reaction was the same. She shot upwards again. She danced wildly on both feet and took quite a while for the pain to subside before she regained her composure. The third and fourth blows also had the same effect, with the stern master applying the latter while she was still standing upright and clenching her buttocks tightly. Reaching backwards during a punishment was strictly forbidden and this prevented her from using her hands to protect her buttocks.

She took exactly half a dozen strokes before the tawse remained passive again and the punishment was over. A reasonable measure for her age, Björn thought as he examined his daughter’s exposed bottom, which was now a single red-hot surface.

„Stand there in the corner and think about the reason for your rebuke,“ was the landlord’s instruction, and the woman in question did as she was told, sobbing violently.

Björn realized that he had never chastised his daughter with such severity. He could now vividly imagine what his wife’s upbringing had been like before he had come into contact with her. She was a good woman. She was obedient. She supported him wherever she could. She was the product of this man who had just demonstrated to him how to deal with daughters in order to punish their recklessness and set them on the path intended for them.

All it took was a point of the finger and the older of his two daughters wordlessly took her younger sister’s place. Björn sensed her determination to accept the inevitable punishment, as was appropriate for her age. Her bottom was already much more developed in the direction of a woman and she presented her educator with two pronounced buttocks, which he was visibly pleased to see. She tensed her muscles when she heard the hiss of the first stroke. And she drew in her breath sharply as the leather reached its target and the now familiar sound signaled the start of the punishment.

She also reacted violently and her father had no doubt that the pain flashed through her body like lightning. But her reactions were surprisingly restrained, even though it was easy to see that she had to summon up all her willpower not to give her grandfather the satisfaction of having broken her pride with the first blow.

But an experienced educator knows how to put a young woman in her place. And he sees it as a special challenge to break her will and elicit the tears that replace proud resistance with pure remorse. The master of the house struck again and everyone could see that this time he had gone the extra mile to make the leather hit its target particularly hard. The result seemed to be convincing, because this time the girl at least made a suppressed sound, even though the brave daughter seemed to be gritting her teeth to maintain her steadfastness.

The result was that there were no relaxing breaks for her to recover from the sting of one blow before she had to deal with the next. Instead, the determined family man struck without interruption and within a short space of time had transformed the female offender’s feminine bottom into a single, deep red surface. Everyone in the room knew that this apparently intransigent girl would have difficulty using a chair for several days without wincing when she sat down.

Presumably no one in the room had counted, but it was probably a dozen lashes later when the obviously hardened sinner’s lips finally opened and the first pain-filled sounds could be heard. She received two particularly well-placed final blows before she too was sent to a corner of the room to repent her deed.

The landlord withdrew without saying a word to put the tawse back in its usual place and returned a little later to attend to his guests, who by now considered the incident over and had fallen into animated conversation.

The two girls had learned their lesson and now knew that you never go into a barn with matches to smoke in secret. Their butts would remind them for days to come that in Ireland you don’t hesitate long to bring a reckless girl to her senses and traditionally use the tawse, which is handy in every family and is usually wielded exclusively by the head of the household.

Björn had been given a vivid demonstration and now knew that he had never really been hard on his two daughters before. His wife, on the other hand, had been reminded that nothing had changed in her parents‘ home and that her father, despite his age, was still determined to fulfill his duties as head of the family.