rated fire from God." Then the holy abbot Kieranus the younger,
son of the wright, stretched his hands in prayer to God, and
straightway fire from heaven came into his breast, and thence was the
hearth kindled in the monastery.

But the holy bishop Kiaranus the elder prayed to God for that youth
slain by wolves, and straightway he arose sound from a cruel death,
with the scars of the wolf-bites visible upon him. And blessing them
all, he took food and drink with the saints, and afterwards he lived
many days.

Then the two Saints Kiaranus made a compact and brotherhood in heaven
and in earth between their successors; and they said that should any
wish to name or to beg aught for one of them, he should name them both
and ask, for they would hear him.

After this the holy abbot Kiaranus the younger said to the bishop,
Kiaranus the elder, "In thy place, father, shall remain honour and
abundance of riches." To him said the holy bishop, Kiaranus the elder,
"Also in thy place, dearest son, shall last the strength of religion
and of wisdom, unto the end of the world." When these things were
said, having received the kiss of peace and blessing of the most holy
bishop, Kiaranus the elder, Saint Kiaranus the younger with his own
people and with the aforesaid youth Crithir returned to his settlement
of Cluain meic Nois.

XLIV. CIARAN AND THE WINE

34. On a certain day when the brethren of Saint Kiaranus were at work
in the harvest, enduring thirst from the heat of the sun, they sent
word that cold water should be brought to them. Saint Kiaranus
answered them by a messenger, "Choose ye, my brethren, whether ye will
drink to quench your thirst for necessity, or will endure in thirst
till the evening, that through your labour to-day in thirst and in
sweat there may be abundance for the brethren who are to be in this
place hereafter; and you yourselves will not fail of reward from
God in heaven." The brethren answered, "We choose that there be a
sufficiency for our successors, and we to have the reward of our
patience and of our thirst in heaven." So the brethren worked that day
athirst, rejoicing, though the sun was hot.

But when evening was come, the brethren returned home, and Saint
Kiaranus wished to satisfy them, and to refresh them charitably. And
trusting in the Lord, he blessed a great vessel full of water; and
immediately under his hands wine of most excellent quality appeared in
the vessel. And bringing drinking-cu