Boxing someone's ears doesn't mean to beat the hell out of them, though it is painful. Bascially, it's the action of using both hands to smack someone up side both sides of their head at the same time. Think cymbols clashing together with a head inbetween.
I think the first daughter might be a miscarriage as well, tying into the "barren in her belly" line. And the medallion could possibly be a Saint Anthony of Padua medallion, since he's regarded as the patron of childless married women.
Boxing someone's ears doesn't mean to beat the hell out of them, though it is painful. Bascially, it's the action of using both hands to smack someone up side both sides of their head at the same time. Think cymbols clashing together with a head inbetween.
I think the first daughter might be a miscarriage as well, tying into the "barren in her belly" line. And the medallion could possibly be a Saint Anthony of Padua medallion, since he's regarded as the patron of childless married women.