hedge-school
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Look at that B, and that G; their formae formativae never were begotten in a hedge-school.
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles
A hedge-school!" replied Mat, highly offended; "my seminary a hedge-school!
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
He was educated at a hedge-school, and on coming to man's estate, obtained a situation as steward to a neighbouring landowner.
From Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century by Paston, George
In my own case, its first development was noticed in the hedge-school which I attended.
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
At Drumgooland, a neighbouring hamlet, he opened what is called in Ireland a public school; a sort of hedge-school for village children.
From Emily Brontë by Robinson, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances)
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