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School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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    Story.
    Told by: Michael Coffey, Rathbawn
    Written by: Oliver Bergin, Kennegad
    The king and the butterfly.
    One day a king was sitting under a tree. He fell asleep for a while. When he awakened he saw a green butterfly on the fir tree. The king never minded him and he fell asleep again. When he awakened he saw the butterfly on the elbow rest of the chair. He took up a book and was going to kill the butterfly. The butterfly began to flutter around the king. The king got up out of the chair, and went in to eat his dinner. When he saw the same butterfly with ears on it.
    He took a stick to
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Coffey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath