Could You Pass the 1898 Examination? ; These Are Some of the Exam Papers Taken by 11-Year-Olds Applying for Places at King Edward's School in Birmingham in 1898 and Submitted to the Spectator by Humphrey Stanbury Whose Father Took the Exam and Passed.

Birmingham Post › November 26, 2004

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1. Write out in your best handwriting: 'O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, Across the sands o' Dee.' The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she.The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see.

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Could You Pass the 1898 Examination? ; These Are Some of the Exam Papers Taken by 11-Year-Olds Applying for Places at King Edward's School in Birmingham in 1898 and Submitted to the Spectator by Humphrey Stanbury Whose Father Took the Exam and Passed.

The rolling mist came down and hid the land - And never home came she.2. Parse fully 'And call the cattle home.'3. Explain the meaning of o' Dee, dank with foam, w...

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