Add spaces: Viciousandlyinggossipbyoldwomenwastheearlierformofthistacticandwassobadthatsomeareasputtheminpublicstocks(neckyokes)ordrovethemoutoftown.
Vicious and lying gossip by old women was the earlier form of this tactic and was so bad that some areas put them in public stocks (neck yokes) or drove them out of town.