Whitehaven Gazette Thurs. Mar. 25, 1897 Anecdote Competition

Anecdote Competition

Whitehaven Gazette - Thurs. Mar. 25, 1897

Article Index Anecdote Competition Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 3 of 12 A QUESTION AND ANSWER.     Once upon a time a teacher in Millom asked the scholars "How many bones have you in your body?"  There was silence for a moment, but at last a girl shouted out: "Two hundred and thirty- five."  "You are not quite correct," said the teacher, "you hav only two hundred and thirty- four."  But the girl spoke out bravely and said "Please teacher, we had some fish for breadkfast, and I swallowed one of the bones."                                     Sarah Lizzie PORTER,                                                 3, Moor Cottages, Millom << Prev - Next >>

 

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