My mum would usually get very thin branches that had fallen off the trees in our compound and my dad would get the thick ones, sometimes we would be sent to get them ourselves, and we would be given a few lashes on the calves of our legs. 
Mama kwa kawaida alikuwa akiokota fimbo nyembamba zilivyoanguka kutoka kwenye miti iliyokuwa ndani ya boma letu na baba alikuwa akiokota zile kubwa, wakati mwingine tulitumwa kwenda kuzileta sisi wenyewe, na tulikuwa tunachapwa kwenye sehemu ya viazi nyuma ya ugoko.