1891 18 Nov. 2/2 The horrible ceremony of ‘hook-swinging’,..the swinging aloft at the end of a long pole, for over an hour, of a man by means of two iron hooks embedded in the muscles of his back.
1894 15 Nov. 5/3 The Government of Madras has passed orders giving Magistrates power to prevent..hook-swinging in the Southern Presidency.