Variants
The tongue's curb could be a flat iron plate that prevented the tongue's movement or a spike-studded iron bit that punished its victim rather more painfully. Other variants are shaped like an animal's head, such as a cow for a lazy bones, a shrew for a scold, a donkey for a fool, a hare for an eavesdropper or a pig for a glutton.
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