Bits of geography information you remember from primary scho

Asarlai

The Barrow, the Nore, and the Suir

Sheep Lover

Don't follow the geography teacher into the storage room alone....

who the fug

Bandon
Lee
Blackwater

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

In my day we were taught that the highest mountain in Europe was Mont Blanc. Not anymore apparently.

Cienciano

I can draw the life cycle of the ox bow lake perfectly.

keith16

Ox-bow lakes FTW.

donvito99

The Barrow, the Nore and the Suir.

Mountain ranges, I believe.

Manach

The CCCP is the world's largest country.

Meangadh

Every single county in Ireland. I find it baffling now when anyone else can't name all 32 within a few minutes. We just learned them off and I always assumed everyone else did too. Amazing the amount of people who get to about 25 and struggle after that.

coolabula

All the counties of Ireland, can still sing them in the order we learned them

coolabula

Duplicate

cloud493

America and the UK are far away from each other.

longshanks

Ox-bow lakes, interlocking spurs and glaciers. I could draw those badboys likes a pro.

conorh91

The McGillycuddy reeks cause heavy local precipitation in an area of land called its "rain shadow". Basically, incoming clouds from south-westerly winds precipitate in the 'shadow' of the mountain range, whilst the dry air advances across Munster

On associated McGillycuddy Reeks news, there is a man called "The McGillycuddy of the Reeks". He is an Irish chieftan, or 'Tanasite', who can trace his ancestry directly back to the Celtic Kings of Munster during the time of Our Lord.

The Backwards Man

Global warming is a load of cock.

Fifth year Hons Geography.

who the fug

Manach wrote: »

The CCCP is the world's largest country.

Bastards broke up

Redhenrun

Ireland is like a saucer-flat in the centre and mountains around the coast.

Arsemageddon

The sum of the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides.....



........I used to do my maths homework in geography.

Lucyfur

Stalactite hangs down.

Stalagmite grows up.

And sedimentary rocks. I don't remember anything about them. Just the name.

namloc1980

Back when I was in primary school acid rain was all the rage.

The_Valeyard

Geography was easy until the Soviet Union broke up.

namloc1980

Lucyfur wrote: »

And sedimentary rocks. I don't remember anything about them. Just the name.

The name says it all!

Asarlai

Thurles is a marketing town, as is Cashel and the smaller town of Roscrea.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ennis Kilrush Kilaloe Kilkee.


Aeolian Geomorphology.

Lateral Moraine.

The Peanut

Laois. Only county in Ireland that borders counties that don't touch the sea.

mikemac1

I still say Bombay, Burma, Taiwan and I ain't changing :cool:

I've adapted to Beijing but that was Peking when I was a young 'un. You don't order Beijing duck, do you, do you??

Baggy Trousers

Corrie lakes. Birthplaces of glaciers. Still marvel at them when hill walking.

razorblunt

Sil-leagan and Creimeadh na hAbhann.

Asarlai

Ana Calm Redhead wrote: »

Ennis Kilrush Kilaloe Kilkee.

Good one. Remember that.

foxy farmer

The physical features of Ireland resemble a castle ie mountain ranges near the coast surrounding a flat central plain.
A few days after learning this the teacher asked me what did Ireland resemble.
I answered him with my own opinion whenever I see Ireland on a map-
A Teddy Bear!
The class was in stitches.

mikemac1

Whatever happened the ozone layer anyway? Is it solved?

We were told fridges and spray cans like deodorant causing it huge harm and we all had to get CFC-free

allthedoyles

We used to follow the Irish Ships around the world .

Irish Shipping was a Irish-government owned shipping company and they had about 20 deep-sea ships , all named after trees :

Irish Cedar
Irish Larch
Irish Spruce
Irish Elm etc

that was in 5th / 6th class

Asarlai

mikemac1 wrote: »

Whatever happened the ozone layer anyway? Is it solved?

Overheard on Killiney beach during a sunnier-than-normal summer sometime in the 1990's

"Sure, they should have poked that hole in the ozone layer years ago."

Arbitrary

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Don't follow the geography teacher's advice to sit ordinary level

In my case. Though I can understand why he recommended it, I'm pretty sure I still hold the record for the most days missed in a year in the history of the school. Poll a' Phúca you!


Erosion is killer, the perpetual war of attrition between earth, rock, sea and wind still rages on today.

Jawgap

Glaciation.....

U-shaped and hanging valleys
Truncated spurs
Eskers
Moraines
Paternoster lakes
cooms
Boulder clay
Glacial polish

........and fvckin' Drumlins - because they're bast@rds to cycle up!

SimonTemplar

Vertical erosion

Asarlai

Antrim
Armagh
Derry
Down
Tyrone

Why do I remember these five, but I can't figure out where Fermanagh fits into this?

Or does it.....?

Senna

Lucyfur wrote: »

Stalactite hangs down.

Stalagmite grows up.

And sedimentary rocks. I don't remember anything about them. Just the name.

There was a saying to remember which was which, can't remember it now, something about stalagmites might touch etc etc

We learned the county registration plates when the new system came in, the was probably geography class

Dr Turk Turkelton

Lucyfur wrote: »

Stalactite hangs down.

Stalagmite grows up.

And sedimentary rocks. I don't remember anything about them. Just the name.

Tights always come down...(stalactites)
Taught by a priest!

Meangadh

I think a lot of people here are recalling what they learned in secondary school geography and not primary school.

Although funnily enough, there is little cross-over between the two which I think is a shame. There is nowhere near enough locational geography in secondary school. Students leave with A1s in Geography but haven't a clue where many countries even are. Way too much emphasis on physical geography (plate tectonics, weather systems etc).

I much prefer cultural and economic geography and the sociology that surrounds them. And I think that information is far more useful in life than how a glacier erodes.

The Peanut

All the counties off by heart. The major towns in each county. All the rivers. All the mountains. All the lakes. Used to know the 32 counties off by heart from biggest to smallest. Still amazed when people can't name counties or, worse still, recognise them on a map.

It was drilled into us.

Aubrey loves Joe

Double d is not only a cup size. It also stands for drowned drumlins

Meangadh

Asarlai wrote: »

Antrim
Armagh
Derry
Down
Tyrone

Why do I remember these five, but I can't figure out where Fermanagh fits into this?

Or does it.....?

Yeah it does. "FAT DAD" is what people use to remember the 6 counties not in the Republic.

Fermanagh Armagh Tyrone Derry Antrim Down

Bruthal

Senna wrote: »

There was a saying to remember which was which, can't remember it now, something about stalagmites might touch etc etc

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Tights always come down...(stalactites)
Taught by a priest!

Stalagmites came up from the ground
Stalactites came down from the ceiling

mikemac1

Asarlai wrote: »

The Barrow, the Nore, and the Suir

Pffft

They don't compare to the Suck, the Inney and the Brosna

Asarlai

The river Shannon starts in Cavan and flows into the sea at Limerick.

Except the word 'start' wasn't the word used

cml387

Thurles,Mallow,Tuam and Carlow have what in common?

I also noticed an odd feature of geography teaching in school from years ago.
Many scholars could identify the capitals of remote South American countries and name those countries export and know their climate. But wouldn't have a clue where Coventry, Leicester or Nothampton were

Baggy Trousers

Asarlai wrote: »

The river Shannon starts in Cavan and flows into the sea at Limerick.

Except the word 'start' wasn't the word used

It rises in Cavan.

Lucyfur

Lucyfur wrote: »

Stalactite hangs down.

Stalagmite grows up.

And sedimentary rocks. I don't remember anything about them. Just the name.

Our geography teacher gave us the following memory aid as 12/13 year olds:

"When the mites go up, the tites come down."

He meant 'mites' as in hands, and 'tites' as in pantyhose.

It was a useful memory aid, but cemented his reputation in my book as a creepy bastard.

Baggy Trousers

cml387 wrote: »

Thurles,Mallow,Tuam and Carlow have what in common?

Sugar Beet!

mikemac1

cml387 wrote: »

Thurles,Mallow,Tuam and Carlow have what in common?

*raises hand*

Sugar beet factories

Gone now though

beaten to it, damn you baggy trousers!!