Birched For Easter

Remember the Czech easter whipping tradition? Or, how about this vintage birching photo that has circulated on the internet for decades? I just found a Czech “Happy Easter” postcard version of the birching photo. It might be the original publication, or the postcard publisher may have yoinked it from the Eastern European version of the public domain, I can’t tell. Either way, I’ve always seen this as a deliciously fat-bottomed wife getting disciplined by her no-nonsense husband: