(Criminal Prisons in London and Scenes of Prison Life gan H. Mayhew a J. Binny, cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1862.)
"Plicio Ocwm."
(Criminal Prisons in London and Scenes
of Prison Life gan H. Mayhew a J. Binny,cyhoeddwyd
gyntaf yn 1862.)
| plicio ocwm |
| Cyflwynwyd yr arfer o blicio ocwm,
sef datod a glanhau rhaff neu "sbwriel" i'r carchardai fel cosb i'r dynion
yn 1840: |
| "...prisoners were given a weighed
quantity of old rope cut into lengths equal to that of a hoop stick. Some
of the pieces are white and sodden looking... others are hard and black
with tar upon them. The prisoner takes up a length of junk and untwists
it and when he has separated it into so many corkscrew strands, he further
unrolls them by sliding them backwards and forwards on his knee with the
palm of his hand until the meshes are loosened. The strand is further unravelled
by placing it in the bends of a hook fastened to the knees and sawing it
smartly to and fro which soon removes the tar and grates the fibres apart.
In this condition, all that remains to be done is loosen the hemp by pulling
it out like cotton wool, when the process is completed... The place is full
of dust... the shoulders of the men are covered with brown dust almost as
thick as the shirt front of a snuff taker... the hard rope cuts and blisters
their fingers." |
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(Criminal Prisons in London and Scenes of Prison Life gan H. Mayhew a J. Binny, cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1862.) |
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"Plicio Ocwm." (Criminal Prisons in London and Scenes
of Prison Life gan H. Mayhew a J. Binny,cyhoeddwyd
gyntaf yn 1862.) |
| Roedd plicio ocwm yn amhleserus iawn ac roedd y carcharorion yn cael eu cosbi os nad oeddynt wedi cyflawni digon o waith. Weithiau roedd y carcharorion yn cael tâl am y gwaith - "money for old rope". |