My mum would usually get very thin branches that had fallen off the trees in our compound and my dad would get the thick ones, sometimes we would be sent to get them ourselves, and we would be given a few lashes on the calves of our legs.
Mi mamá agarraba delgadas ramas que habían caído de los árboles de donde vivíamos y mi papá agarraba las gruesas, a veces nos mandaban a nosotros mismos a recogerlas, y nos daban unos cuantos azotes en las pantorrillas.