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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

Location:
Muileann an Strangaigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 249

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 249

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    After many contests the eagle challenged the other birds. The challenge was that the bird who could fly the highest in the air was to be recognised as King. The others agreed. All got ready & just as the eagle started off the wren perched on its tail unkonwn to the eagle. The eagle flew upwards & upwards until it could go no further. By this time the other birds were far below the eagle & so exhausted that they could go no further. When the eagle saw the others so far below he cried out in truimph that he had won & that he was King. Just then the wren started her short flight above the eagle & to the eagle's astonishment he heard the wren answer that it was he and not the eagle who was King. The eagle was beaten & humbly acknowleged the wren's supremacy & from that day to this the wren is King of all birds
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0236: The Thrush Teaches the Doves (etc.) to Build Small Nests
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Dún Cit, Co. Chill Chainnigh