Irish Schoolmaster, The

DESCRIPTION: The Irish Schoolmaster teaches children how to behave, and information both true and false: "Come here, my boy, Hold up your head and look like a gentleman, sir. Now tell me who Napoleon was...." "Napoleon was king of France before the revolution"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: humorous Napoleon | school
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 67, "Oh, Rob Roy was a tailor bold, King of the Cannibal Islands" (1 text)
Roud #13120
File: LSUC067A

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