three times to hang a Mr Joseph Samuels. The first two
times Mr Samuels fell to the floor. The third time he just
hung there until he and all the other
people were tired of
waiting. Since they could not hang him they decided to
forgive him and he went free.
The second one was British, a Mr James Berry. Mr
Berry tried three times in 1885 to hang Mr John Lee at
Exeter Prison, but each time he
was unable to open the
special door under the prisoner’s feet.
After this, the British government decided to send Lee
to prison for a long time instead. He came out of prison
in 1917, travelled to Australia and lived there until 1933.
The Worst Fisherman
Thomas Birch was a man of
learning who lived in the
1700s. He liked to go fishing but he didn’t catch very
many fish. So he decided to dress like a tree to hide
himself from the fish. He made some clothes that were
like a tree, with little holes for his eyes.
He put on the clothes and went down to the river. But
he still did not catch anything. No fish came near him.
But dogs came to see him and friends sat down next to
him to have their lunch.
In
1973 the Oxbarn football players were getting ready to
play a game in Germany. The players were a group of
friends who usually played on Sundays against other
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small local clubs in Britain. They were looking forward
to the game and also a holiday in Germany.
When they walked out into the very large football
ground in Germany, they realized that they were
playing
one of the best German clubs — S V W Mainz. The
German footballers thought the British players belonged
to another club - Wolverhampton Wanderers — which
was one of the strongest football clubs in Britain at that
time.
An
Oxbarn player said, ‘I thought it was a bit strange
when I saw the size of the crowd.’
About half way through the game - it was already 15-0
to the Germans - the crowd saw Oxbarn’s centre fall to
his knees. He looked like he was crying. Naturally, the
German crowd were very pleased
that the Oxbarn club
was playing instead of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
‘They were very good about it,’ one of the Oxbarn
players said. ‘When we got the ball,
they started to shout
to help us win.’
Oxbarn Football Club lost 21-0.
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