31. And when Saint Kiaranus would place with his own hands a
corner-post in the first building of that settlement, a certain wizard
said to him: "This hour is not good for beginning; for the sign of
this hour is contrary to beginnings of building." Then Saint Kiaranus
himself set the post in the corner of the house, saying, "Thou wizard,
against thy sign I fix this post in the ground; for I care naught for
the art of wizards, but in the name of my Lord, Jesus Christ, do I all
my works." For this the wizard and his followers uttered commendation,
marvelling at the faith of Saint Ciaran in his God.