Bits of geography information you remember from primary scho

cml387 · 25-01-2015 11:05pm

I remember our primary school teacher pointing out proudly that the Shannon was the longest river in Britain or Ireland, as if it was some sort of competition.

mickstupp · 25-01-2015 11:05pm

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.

Said in a sing-song sort of voice. Our teacher was odd. Looked a bit like Max Von Sydow in Flash Gordon. Naturally we called him Ming the Merciless.

The Peanut · 25-01-2015 11:09pm

cml387 wrote: »

I remember our primary school teacher pointing out proudly that the Shannon was the longest river in Britain or Ireland, as if it was some sort of competition.

Sadly, can remember as a child being annoyed that the Barrow was the second longest and not the Suir (grew up close to it). Your teacher wasn't the only competitive geek.:o

coolhull · 25-01-2015 11:11pm

To remember the Great Lakes, we were told to think HOMES

Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Superior

4zn76tysfajdxp · 25-01-2015 11:12pm

I remember doing history when I was a kid and studying Fionn mac Cumhaill and Cu Chualain like they really existed.

Andrewf20 · 25-01-2015 11:13pm

Cirque, coom, glacial valley, scree. Good times.

Ihatecuddles · 25-01-2015 11:15pm

Loved it in school, surprisingly I remember a lot.can't say that about many subjects.

I got an A in higher level geography so I was delighted.

RobertKK · 25-01-2015 11:18pm

Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia existed.
12 countries in the EEC.

cml387 · 25-01-2015 11:20pm

I was just astounded that you could have such a thing as an ordnance surey map that showed your own house! My favourite bit of the course was examining the map and establishing that Coumshinaun was not visible from Lough Modhra, and calculating the distance from Sutton's Cross roads to Monageesha.

RobertKK · 25-01-2015 11:25pm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Loved it in school, surprisingly I remember a lot.can't say that about many subjects.

I got an A in higher level geography so I was delighted.

Loved it too.
Was an A level geography student until the leaving where it was mostly people who didn't want to learn which affected my learning.

Tonyandthewhale · 25-01-2015 11:26pm

cml387 wrote: »

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWh1n5k9xE8

Queenalocin · 25-01-2015 11:32pm

allthedoyles wrote: »

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

I think you are the only other person I have met who remembers that, now they are all girl's names: LE Róisín, LE Aoife etc..

Suck, Inny and Brosna!

Uncle Ben · 25-01-2015 11:35pm

Indepth study's of Youghal on a OS map.

GerB40 · 25-01-2015 11:38pm

Asarlai wrote: »

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

While we're on Tipperary, Nenagh in Irish is Aonach Urmhúmhan meaning 'The fair of Ormond' (Ormond meaning east Munster) named so because it held the east Munster fair which was essentially a massive market for the burgeoning agricultural trade which surrounded the town..

GobBass · 25-01-2015 11:39pm

Every capital of every country in the world by the age of eight.

I'm still feeling the effects of what direction my life took after learning them.

GerB40 · 25-01-2015 11:46pm

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania = Tallin, Riga, Vinius. Knowing the capitals of those countries hasn't helped me in any way shape or form but fúck it, I remember...

_Jumper_ · 25-01-2015 11:49pm

Gweedore is in Donegal.

conorh91 · 25-01-2015 11:52pm

GerB40 wrote: »

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania = Tallin, Riga, Vinius.

And a good way of remembering the locations of each country, as we were taught, is that Latvia (the most interesting country) is the meat in the Baltic sandwich.

Many African Tourists Love Elephants was another one -- a mnemonic formula denoting the 5 North African countries from west to east: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.

Arbitrary · 26-01-2015 12:01am

Meangadh wrote: »

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

Wait a minute. Re-reads thread title (this time going past the first five words I read). Oh. Okay

Fagashlil · 26-01-2015 12:04am

coolhull wrote: »

To remember the Great Lakes, we were told to think HOMES

Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Superior

We knew it as Smelly Men Have Eaten Onions!!

Miss Demeanour · 26-01-2015 12:08am

For European geography.....

Long legged Italy kicked poor Sicily into the Mediterranean sea........

Meangadh · 26-01-2015 12:50am

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

For European geography.....

Long legged Italy kicked poor Sicily into the Mediterranean sea........

...Austria was Hungary, took a bit of Turkey, dipped it in Greece, fried it in Japan and ate it off of China!

Meangadh · 26-01-2015 12:57am

Actually that reminds me, I loved this song when I was a young wan. Always remembered loads of the states of America cos of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfOSyCCFM

Lyrics:

Oh what did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware
What did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware
She wore a brand New Jersey,
She wore a brand New Jersey,
She wore a brand New Jersey,
That's what she did wear

One, two, three, four
Oh, why did Cali-fon-ia
Why did Cali-fon
Why did Cali-fon-ia
Was she all alone

She called to say Ha-wa-ya
She called to say Ha-wa-ya
She called to say Ha-wa-ya
That's why she did call

Uno, deis, tre, quattro
Oh what did Missi sip boy
What did Missi sip
What did missi sip boy
Through her pretty lips

She sipped a Minne sota
She sipped a Minne sota
She sipped a Minne sota
That's what she did sip

Where has Oregon boy
Where has Oregon
If you wan Al-ask-a
Al-ask-a where she's gone

She went to pay her Texas
She went to pay her Texas
She went to pay her Texas
That's where she has gone

Well how did Wis-con-sin boy
She stole a New-brass-key
Too bad that Arkan saw boy
And so did Tenne-see

It made poor Flori-di boy
It made poor Flori-di, you see
She died in Miss-our-I boy
She died in Miss-our-I
Oh what did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware

Fun little song! :P