h the boy from his cell across the
plain, and the boy would read, sitting upon a rock in the field. The
which rock is reverenced unto this day, as the Cross of Christ, called
by the name of Kyaranus, is placed upon it. Now thus by divine favour
were the holy ones wont to hear each the other, while others heard
them not.

IX. HOW CIARAN RESTORED A CALF WHICH A WOLF HAD DEVOURED

5. On a day when Saint Kyaranus was keeping the herds, a cow gave
birth to a calf in his presence. Now in that hour the dutiful boy saw
a wretched wasted hungry wolf a-coming towards him, and God's servant
said to him, "Go, poor wretch, and devour that calf." Forthwith the
famished hound fell upon the calf and devoured it. But when the holy
herd-boy had come home with his herds, the cow, seeking her calf, was
making a loud outcry; and when Derercha, mother of Saint Kyaranus, saw
it, she said unto him, "Kyaranus, where is the calf of yonder cow?
Restore it, although it be from sea or from land. For thou has lost
it, and its mother's heart is sore vexed." When Saint Kyaranus heard
these words, he returned to the place where the calf was devoured,
and collected its bones into his breast; then returning, he laid them
before the cow as she lamented. Straightway, by divine mercy, by
reason of the holiness of the boy, the calf arose before them all, and
stood whole upon its feet, sporting with its mother. Then those who
stood by lifted up their voices in praise to God, blessing the boy.

V. HOW CIARAN WAS DELIVERED FROM A HOUND

6. As the dutiful boy Kyaranus was going out to a homestead hard by,
certain worldly men, cruel and malignant, let loose a most savage
hound at him, so that it should devour him. When Saint Kyaranus saw
the fierce hound coming towards him, he appropriated a verse of the
Psalmist, saying, "Lord, deliver not the soul that trusteth in Thee
unto beasts." Now as the hound was rushing vehemently, by divine
favour it thrust its head into the ring-fastening of a calf; and tied
by the ring-fastening, it struck its head against the timber to which
the fastening was hanging, and thus it broke its head. Its head being
broken and the brains scattered, the dog expired. When they saw this
they feared greatly.

X. HOW CIARAN WAS DELIVERED FROM ROBBERS

7. On another day certain robbers, coming from a foreign region, found
Saint Kiaranus alone, reading beside his herds; and they thought to
slay him and to reave his herds. But as the