- 9 -
XVI. _The breaking of the carriage-axle_ 14 - 10 -

The boyhood legend probably consisted originally of the five incidents
common to all, II-V, IX. It is noteworthy, however, that LB transfers
V, IX, to a position after the second phase of the Life. This is
possibly due to a misplaced leaf in the exemplar from which our copies
of LB are derived. X-XIII, variants on the theme of XIV, are probably
interpolations in LA, and VIII, a valuable fragment of folk-lore, is
an interpolation in VG. VI and VII are conflations of two varieties of
one incident, as is pointed out in the Annotations. These observations
will show how complex is the criticism of the Ciaran tradition.

=B.= The second phase of the life is the Schooling of Ciaran at
Clonard; perhaps about 530-535, still using round numbers. This part
of the life is most fully told in VG; it is very fragmentary in all
the Latin Lives. There are thirteen incidents--

LA LB LC VG
XVII. _How Ciaran went with his cow to
the school of Findian_ 15 4 11 12
XVIII. _The angels grind for Ciaran_ 16 - 12 13
XIX. _Ciaran and the king's daughter_ 17 - - 14
XX. _How Ciaran healed the lepers_ - - - 15
XXI. _Ciaran and the stag_ - - - 16
XXII. _The story of Ciaran's gospel_ 18 - - 17
XXIII. _The blessing of Ciaran's food_ 19 - 8 -
XXIV. _The story of the mill and the
bailiff's daughter_ - 6 - 18
XXV. _The story of Cluain_ - - - 19
XXVI. _How Ciaran freed a woman from
servitude_ 20 5 - 21
XXVII. _How Ciaran freed another woman
from servitude_ 21 - - 22
XXVIII. _Anecdotes of Clonard_ - - - 20
XXIX. _The parting of Ciaran and Findian_ - - - 23

=C.= The third phase may be called the Wanderings of Ciaran. From
Clonard he made his way to the monastery of Ninnedh on the island in
Loch Erne now called Inismacsaint (it is to be noted that VG knows
nothing of this visit). From Loch Erne he went to Aran, thence (after
a visit to Saint Senan on Scattery Island) to his brother's monastery
at Isel, a place not certainly identified. After this he removes
t