GEMS OF HUMOUR FROM THE SCHOOLROOM.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 26, Issue 63, 3 August 1915, Page 7

GEMS OF HUMOUR FROM THE SCHOOLROOM.

Charon was a man who fried soles over the sticks. Simon de 'Montfort formed what was known as the Mad Parliament — it was something the same as it is at the present day. An abstract noun is one that cannot be felt, heard, seen, touched, or smelt.

Cromwell raised a famous body of soldiers known to history as "The Ironclads.”

Tlie Tories objected to the passing of the Reform . bill because the*thought that the House of Commons would soon be filled with republicans and sinners.

The snow-line stretches from the north pole to the south pole, and whore it crosses the Alps and the Himalayas it is many thousand feet high in the air. The Transvaal is situated on a plateau four thousand miles high., and produces large crops of serials. Socrates died from a dose of wedloek. , . The heart is over the ribs m the midst of the borax.

The chairman replied in a few appropriated words. A toga is a sort of naval officer usually found in China or Japan. -Marconi is used to make delicious puddings. In 1234 A.D. the A.D. shows that it is A Date. A good deal of paper is now made of grass. # f