NGUS FROM DEATH

3. A certain day the horse of Oengus son of Cremthann died, and he
had great sadness because of the death of his horse. Now when Oengus
slumbered, an angel of God appeared to him in a dream, and thus he
spake with him: "Ciaran son of the wright shall come, and shall raise
thy horse for thee." And this was fulfilled, for Ciaran came at the
word of the angel, and blessed water, and it was put over the horse,
and the horse arose from death forthwith. Then Oengus gifted a great
land to God and to Ciaran in return for the raising of the horse;
Tir-na Gabrai is the name of the land.

IV. HOW CIARAN TURNED WATER INTO HONEY

4. A certain day his mother upbraided him. "The little village lads,"
said she, "bring with them honey out from the combs to their folks,
but thou bringest it never to us." When Ciaran heard that, he went to
a certain spring, and he fills his vessel from it, and blesses it: so
that it became choice honey, and he gives that honey to his mother; so
she was thankful. That is the honey which was given to deacon Uis (=
Iustus) as a fee for baptizing him.

V. HOW CIARAN WAS DELIVERED FROM A HOUND

5. A certain day evil men incited a savage hound against Ciaran, to
tear him. When Ciaran saw the hound, he sang this verse: _Ne tradas
bestiis animam confitentem tibi._ And when he said this the hound fell
forthwith and did not rise again.

VI. HOW CIARAN AND HIS INSTRUCTOR CONVERSED THOUGH DISTANT FROM ONE
ANOTHER

6. This was the labour that his parents used to lay upon him, namely,
herding, after the likeness of David son of Jesse, and of Jacob,
and of the elders thenceforth, for God knew that he would be a wise
shepherd of great flocks, that is, the flocks of the Faithful.
Thereafter a marvellous thing took place at Raith Cremthainn in Mag
Ai: he was keeping the flocks of [his parents at Raith Cremthainn, and
there was dwelling][10] his tutor, deacon Uis, at Fidharta, and there
was a long space between them: yet he used to hear what his tutor was
saying as though they were side by side.

VII. CIARAN AND THE FOX

7. Then there came a fox to Ciaran from out the wood, and behaved
tamely with him. It would often visit him, so that he bade it do him
a service, namely, to carry his book of Psalms between him and his
teacher, deacon Uis. For when he would say in Fidharta, "Say this
in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,"
Ciaran would hear in Raith Cremthainn