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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 16_046

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    they wanted to decide who would be king over them.
    They thought of a plan, that all the birds should fly up into the sky, and which ever of them flew the higher should be king.
    They started to fly.
    Some of the small birds fell down to the ground.
    The wren seeing that the eagle was the biggest and the strongest of the birds, climbed on to his back, unseen by the other birds, and stayed there until the eagle got tired
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Annracán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mary Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny