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Georgia is one of 20 states that allows paddling in schools A school in the US state of Georgia is asking parents to consent to allowing their children to be spanked with a wooden paddle as a form ...

Hanover police are investigating a reported hazing incident at Dartmouth College, where a student allegedly was hit several times with a wooden paddle and forced to eat an onion — after regurgitating ...

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)--“Hagoita” Japanese wooden paddles featuring people who made the news this year were unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. on Tuesday at its head office in Tokyo.