_The Prophecy of the Saint on a Certain Village._
And Saint Patrick went unto a certain village, near the island of
Inchenn, and he found therein a place fitting for the erection of a
church; the which when he had begun, a crowd of rustics issued from the
village, and impeded the work. Then the saint, being filled of the
spirit of prophecy, foretold unto them with the voice of truth, "Since
ye have made yourselves a hindrance unto me, that I may not build a
habitation to the Lord my God, never shall the smoke go out of the
houses which ye or your generation shall build in this place." And the
testified proof of the words of the saint even to this day evinceth its
truth, for many have oftentimes begun to build houses there, but for
the rudeness of these men never could they be finished.