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Memories of Rod and Lines.

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0 In English public schools, punishment could be physical (beating) or scholastic (writing out lines - usually classical poetry in Greek or Latin). 0-

  • 0 In English public schools, punishment could be physical (beating) or scholastic (writing out lines - usually classical poetry in Greek or Latin).
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0 In English public schools, punishment could be physical (beating) or scholastic (writing out lines - usually classical poetry in Greek or Latin). 0-
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It could also mean ups and downs as he had been there for so long and remembered so much.

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it means that from the sea of his memories(a lot of memories) he is talking out some of memories.

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It's a double entendre: In fishing you have a rod and fishing lines. In school you have rod (for spanking) and lines (writing lines out of a book or such) as punishment.

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In 1984 John Maycock, principal at Aberdeen Public School in London, Ontario, compiled a book about the history of the school and titled it 'Memories of Rods and Lines'

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