Not a child knew.
"What is the river that flows through your valley?"
Not a child knew.
"What is the name of the highest peak of Dartmoor you see yonder?"
Not a child knew.
And this is the rubbish in place of education that at great cost is given to our children.
Education they do not get; stuffing they do.
They acquire a number of new words, which they do not understand and which they persistently mispronounce.
"Aw my! isn't it hot? The prepositions be runin' all hover me."