School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 132
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- James Mullen known as jemmy Mullen or the "Old Complicator (completer) died. had a tamed robin as "pet" . James lived in a mud wall cabin in Moyvoughley Bog. The bird rarely left Jemmys knee when he used to sit by the fire at night.
A Blackbird with white feathers in her tail is supposed to be a harbinger of woe, sorrow or death. Before Jack Cleary's death. R.I.P in 1922 a black bird with a white tail built her nest in Clearys Garden.The Flanagans, Moyvoughley, had a rare specimen of a jackdaw which was caught in the rookery it learned to speak almost as distinctly as a child and when the Flanagan children were gone to school each day. the jackdaw would "follow them up", sit on the school window sill and call out their names "Julia", "Christy" "Joe" "Paul" and "Ina". The jack daw was particularly fond of calling "Ina" the youngest girl. About the time 1912 an Irish teacher Sean O Ceallaig by name used to come to Moyvoughley National School to give lessons The Jackdaw rather enjoyed the lessons in the native tongue and used to sceep a barricade of chat up while the unfortunate Irish teacher was attempting(continues on next page)
