My mother never spanked me on the bare bottom. I always was allowed to keep my underpants on. Mom mostly used a wooden spoon to punish me, sometimes a rug-beater.
I got my last spanking from her when I was 16 and had chosen to stay out all night. She waited for me, sitting at the dining table, the rug-beater lying in front of her. There was no need for her to say anything…