Gems from the Schoolroom.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7064, 9 February 1893, Page 3

Gems from the Schoolroom.

The following are some selected specimens from schoolboy “howlers”; Esaa was a man who wrote fables and who •old the oopright to a publisher for a bottle of potash.—Explain the difference between the religious beliefs of the Jews and Samaritans. The Jews believed in the synagogue and bad their Sunday on a Saturday, but the Bamitans believed in the Church of England and worshipped in groves of oak; therefore the Jews had no dealings with the Samari tans,—*Titus was a Boman Emperor—sup* posed to have written the Epistle to the pebrews—his other name was Oates. Oliver Cromwell was a man who was put Into prison for bis interference in Ireland. tVheW :he was in prison he wrote “The Pilgrim’s Progress ” and married a Mrs O'Shea.—Wolsey was a who fought in the after being decapitated Cromwell you have I my founder the xnent was to been taken died Divine milk.—Perkin W the of Henry the son a but respectable Phoenician*.—The blinds. Bacchanal.—A South Africa. take likenesses with. which boats stored in Is the way whereby Cynical. —A cynical pointed at the top. those who have passed the tion at London University. Is when a -mod dog bites hydrophobia when a dog is statics when a man catches It.