A vocal school, blab school, ABC school or old-time school was a type of children's primary school in some remote, rural places in North America in the 19th century, which became increasingly outdated and obsolete as the century progressed. The school children recited (blabbed) their lessons out loud separately or in chorus with others as a method of learning.
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