Show the scolds bridle in queen elizabeth s dav an instrument ment of torture was used to prevent women from scolding liml ding and nag ging it consisted of an iron framework called the scold s bridle beidle somewhat similar to a cage cage 0 which was slipped over the hoid of the person whom it was desired to punish in the framework were ee eye holes and a specially prepared projection in front for the tongue of tile the victim the interior of the projection was lined with spike so that if tile the wearer attempted to s speak cak her ton tongue ile wo was liable 10 get badly lacerated it did not JIUL M often ICU require I 1 ee tylli r more than one application of this torture to break tile the gossip of her unpleasant habit |