PhilipB Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Remember a few from geography. Yorkshire rivers? From north to south: S wale U re N id W harfe A ire D on gives you SUNWAD Rivers of the Mississippi basin? From south west anti clockwise: R ed A rkasas P late M issouri M ississippi O hio T ennesee gives you RAPMMOT and the Great Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Errie, Ontario. We were taught " She made him eat onions" This was back in the 60s so some of it must have worked !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utah Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 My Very Excited Mother Just Smashed Up New Plates - The planets Makes no sense without Pluto though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayneRay Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Silly Old Hens Can't Always Have Their Own Acorns Sine = Opposite over Hypotenuse Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse Tangent = Opposite over adjacent Something to do with trigonometry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katkins Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I didn't know the 1st one...something to teach the Grandkids! I knew the 2nd one,but we used to say... Every Good Boy Deserves Favours !!! i knew the first one,learnt it at my first piano lesson.......and electricity is cheaper in the evenings.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Mentioned this to a friend who was born in Ipswich. He said he was taught how to spell Ipswich by his Father, who said: 'I Put Some Water In Charlie's Hat'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybeme Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Found this quiteappropriate when i was young Run off you girls, boys in view. But did we heed the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybeme Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Found this quite appropriate when i was young Run off you girls, boys in view. But did we heed the advice......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennypenny Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Dash in a rush, run hard or else accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I think it was Shirecliffe school , my first school at a very young age, I was taught to count in French, then taught to say the mass in Latin, never was taught much English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyjiver Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I went to Meynell Road School and remember a teacher there by the name of Mrs Beaumont and to "help" us remember the correct spelling of her name she taught us this little rhyme - Boiled Eggs Are Useful Mostly On Nice Toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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