School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)

Location:
Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 057

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 057

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  1. There is a churchyard in the townsland of Rehan called Alone-Alanah. It is said in the days of the famine a woman buried her only child there and when she was leaving she said, "Alone Alanah"
    There are many head-stones with no inscriptions and mounds raised resembling graves. There is a big rock in Roarke's field in Newtown. It is said it was a Druid's altar.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
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        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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  3. It is as crooked as a rams' horn or a dog's hind leg.
    It is as dry as a chip.
    You are as long as a late breakfast.
    He is as thick as a ditch.
    She is as cross as a bag of cats.
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