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The longest ever woolly scarf was worn by geraldine giraffe around her neck the scar she wound but still it trailed upon the ground. I tought my two this and they still recite it from time to time. xxhugxx

Paul I learnt that one at junior school, in the 1950's Dee ;-))

Hi Vonny Hadn't realised it was also a song The first verse, as I remember it Three gypsies stood at the Castle gate They sang so high, they sang so low The lady sate in her chamber late Her heart it melted away as snow Dee ;-)

there's only one poem I remeber learning at school, no doubt you'll recognise it... I wandered lonely as a cloud, thats floats on high o'er vale and hill, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils Can't remember the rest (and have probably got that bit wrong too - well it was over 20 years ago lol)

Hi Len I can still quote bits of it, strange that it has stayed in my mind so long. Do you remember any of the poems you learnt as a child? Dee x

I expect they still learn poetry at school as the object is memory training as well as culture. I recall the title. len

I was talking to a friend about a poem I learnt and had to recite when I was at school. She looked at me with a totally blank expression!! Does anyone else remember learning The Wraggle Taggle Gypsy? Or did you learn something more exciting? Do children still learn poetry at school? Dee x

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