I grew up ... begging for stories about my parent's childhood. I was unlike the city I knew. They grew up in the dry-lands.

One story, concerned a local Russian immigrant family, in fact lots of stories about that family.

Every fall the children would be sewed/stiched into woolen, drop-seat, long-handle, underwear. They would be "released" in the spring.

I heard a similar story from a Slave family's parents, from when they were still in "the old country. As punishment, they had to walk over dried peas on the floor, in their woolen underwear, in front of neighbor girls.

Sincerely
Gargoyle
The fine line between culture bowl of soup vs salad, is awkward. A young boy was observed, in school with deep bruises. He had been treated for influenza by his family. "Coining" is when a silver coin is rubbed/massaged deeply parallel to the lymphatic system