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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
... Sister Mary Phillip would make you stick your hand out for a rap on the knuckles. And if you pulled your hand away, it became two raps, and so on. She was about 112 years old and maybe 4 ft. 10 in., but we were terrified of her.
Sister MP sounds ALOT like our Sister Ann at St. Nicholas RC School in Palisades Park, NJ.

Same height, approx same age (at least to us 1st graders) and pretty much the same demeanor. Once, she put me over her knee, and whacked my little panty-clad butt with a ruler in front of the whole class. Of course...I don't recall what I did to deserve such 'special' treatment wink

I remember one of Sister Ann's famous sayings, which she'd utter with a sinister grin:

"You're so dumb, it's pathetic."

We kids used to smile along with her, figuring she was kidding around with us...which I'm sure she was.

But who knows...

Apple

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