Our elementary school was an old grey wooden building, torn down long ago. In between the classrooms was a hallway with a big soapstone sink. I will never forget the day that Bernie Cloud swore and the teacher took him into the hallway and washed his mouth out with lye soap! Oh my gosh! Even then I knew it was a bad thing to do.
But nothing was as bad as the day Miss Cronin , first grade , put him in the coat room as punishment, and at lunch time when she let him out......oh, my , oh oh....he had eaten all our lunches! We were totally distressed...no school lunches in those days, no refrigeration available for the school.
Tomatoes melted into the sandwich and I hated that....please Mom, no tomatoes in my sandwich...the bread gets too soaked!
Mayday dances ...were still in vogue. In the playground we danced around the maypole... today, I am not sure many know about that old tradition.
I often thought thru the years, how nice it would be to have our children meet the children of our long ago classmates...when they got to be around 18-20 and might feel comfortable doing that....at one of the reunions....bring the family....kind of picnic idea... Who knows?
But nothing was as bad as the day Miss Cronin , first grade , put him in the coat room as punishment, and at lunch time when she let him out......oh, my , oh oh....he had eaten all our lunches! We were totally distressed...no school lunches in those days, no refrigeration available for the school.
Tomatoes melted into the sandwich and I hated that....please Mom, no tomatoes in my sandwich...the bread gets too soaked!
Mayday dances ...were still in vogue. In the playground we danced around the maypole... today, I am not sure many know about that old tradition.
I often thought thru the years, how nice it would be to have our children meet the children of our long ago classmates...when they got to be around 18-20 and might feel comfortable doing that....at one of the reunions....bring the family....kind of picnic idea... Who knows?
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