2007年2月22日 · Hundreds of years ago, spankings were given for each year of the birthday child's life. Beyond that number, a child received another spank to grow on, one to live on, one to eat on, one to be happy on, and yet another spank to get married on. At one time, it was believed to ‘soften up the body for the tomb.'

2021年12月29日 · Readers may have seen this done in various videos available online. The birthday boy or girl crawls through a line of spread legs, getting swatted on the bum as they go. My plan was similar – I would lie over my mum’s knee (or any willing female lap), then 14 people could walk past and spank me once each.

2019年6月11日 · Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. Where did the tradition of birthday spankings come from? This was very much a thing a few decades ago when I was a kid, although it seems to be mostly out of favor now: the custom of giving kids a spanking equal to their age, "plus one to grow on."

2025年1月24日 · From candle-blowing to donkey-pinning, the history of popular birthday traditions is a complex mix of cultural influences, religious beliefs, and social mores. To find out more about birthdays throughout time and how they have shaped our celebrations today, unwrap the fun facts we found and vote up the ones that offer a nice slice of history.

There are many and varied customs associated with the celebration of birthdays around the world. The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered with lit candles when presented, the number of candles signifying the age of the celebrant. The person whose birthday it is may make a silent wish and then blow out the candles.

2022年2月3日 · Birthday spankings were not a punishment. Parents and siblings would give the birthday kid a spanking, one for each year they were celebrating. Turning eight? Then you’d get eight slaps on the butt. The spankings were light and didn’t hurt—unless siblings were getting them in without parental supervision. That hurt. But it wasn’t ...

2018年5月9日 · If you were a student at Alvord Elementary School in Alvord, Texas, you'd be called to the principal's office for a "special tradition" on your birthday: a celebratory spanking. Although some may be surprised by this choice of festivity, school principal Bridget Williams proudly started this ritual eight years ago.

2013年9月24日 · Some children receive birthday "spankings", which are were originally based on superstition, but are now more of a birthday prank or a joke. Hundreds of years ago, spankings were given for each year of the birthday child's life.

2017年5月9日 · Q. Not a pervert: At a friend’s daughter’s birthday party, I commented that the birthday girl still needed a birthday spanking. My friend kicked me out of the party, and I soon discovered...

2024年12月30日 · Birthday spanking is a custom in certain circles to allow a number of others (e.g., father at home, teammates in a club, classmates in certain training institutions) to administer a spanking to the bottom of the birthday boy or girl, as an annual rite of passage and probably a matter of bonding.