Scourge same period we meet with the private use of the "discipline" by such saintly persons as King Louis IX of France and Elisabeth of Hungary. Semi-literal usages such as "the scourge of God" for Attila the Hun (i.e. "God's whip with which to punish the nations") led to metaphoric uses to mean a severe affliction, e.g. "the scourge of drug abuse". The scourge is described as one of the tools used in Wicca, primarily in the Gardnerian Tradition. The purpose of using the scourge is not to cause pain or to torture, but for purification purposes, particularly for Initiates. The
HMS Scourge (1910) to . At Suvla Bay on 6–7 August 1915, "Scourge" worked with five other Beagle destroyers as well as a Portuguese destroyer to tow troop landing craft to the shore. "Scourge" assisted after the sinking of the hospital ship HMHS "Britannic" while cruising through the Mediterranean. She received SOS and CQD from the Kea Channel; steamed towards the location. "Scourge" picked up 339 survivors and the rest rowed to land on Kea Island, or got picked up by other ships afterwards. "Scourge" was sold on 9 May 1921 and scrapped at Briton Ferry. HMS Scourge (1910) HMS "Scourge" was a