Some have claimed that convicted common scolds had to wear such a device as a preventive or punitive measure.

None of these laws carry the distinctive punishment reserved for the common scold.

The common punishment for being a common scold was forcing the woman found guilty under water over and over.

Some people say that common scolds had to wear a scold's bridle to stop them from scolding.

No legal source known mentions the use of scold's bridals to punish a common scold.

It also says that "strumpets" (prostitutes) and common scolds were ducked there.

The common law included the offence of being a common scold.

The local clergymen campaigned to have her punished as a common scold.

The offence of being a common scold has also become obsolete in the United States because only women could commit it.

None of these laws have any punishment similar to those traditionally used for the common scold.