School: Turin (roll number 7827)
- Location:
- Tevrin, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bríd Mhistéal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 030
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- (continued from previous page)eagle. When he heard this decision, he knew that he would not be able to fly as high as most of the other birds, and that perhaps he would only be laughed at for trying to do so at all. Still he wanted to earn the title for himself, and this is what he did.
When all were assembled, at one command they started flying up in the air. By degrees the weaker birds came, one by one, back to earth.
No bird missed or took any notice of the wren, which got seated under the eagle's wing.
The eagle managed to get higher in the air than any other bird and shouted "I am the King of the Birds". The wren, who was under the eagles, wing flew up a small piece(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angela Crowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloghan, Co. Westmeath
