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Their stories are told in song by local folk duo Sue Bousfield and Liz Moore, who have performed for 40 years as Scolds Bridle.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2015

Scolds, grouches and moralizers have been trying to censor it since Plato, but media violence satisfies a universal appetite, is probably therapeutic and is absolutely awesome.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2014

Mayor Scolds Reporters Over Unwanted Queries On some days, Mayor can be quite charming and courteous with the press, congratulating reporters who have gotten married or given birth.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2010

Scolds Society Columnist Suzy Knickerbocker: "The next thing you know they'll be yanking little ones out of the fifth grade, freaking them up in the name of fashion, and throwing them on the magazine covers."

From Time Magazine Archive

Josselyn, writing of the old "Body of Laws of 1646," says, "Scolds they gag and set them at their doors for certain hours, for all comers and goers by to gaze at."

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams