Talk:The Disciplinarian/@comment-131.156.135.83-20170322193755/@comment-36359459-20190316003126

That's only two uses if the instrument in question. Like it says in the page, Glynda, being the authoritarian she is, uses the crop as a method of emphasis because teenagers have a wonderful habit of not listening to their betters.

Crops were also used as weapons in the real world too, but not to the extent that Glynda uses it. In the Sherlock Holmes series of novels and short stories, Holmes is occasionally said to carry one as his favorite weapon (e.g., "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"). Specifically, it is a loaded hunting crop. Such crops were sold at one time. Loading refers to the practice of filling the shaft and head with a heavy metal (e.g., steel, lead) to provide some heft.