III. HOW CIARAN RAISED THE STEED OF OENGUS FROM DEATH

2. For when the horse of the son of the king of that territory

perished with a sudden death, and the young man was much grieved at

its fall, there appeared to him in dreams a man of venerable and

shining countenance, who forbade him to be grieved for the death of

the horse, saying unto him, "Call," said he, "the holy boy Keranus,

and let him pour water into the mouth of thy horse, and sprinkle its

forehead, and it shall revive. And thou shalt endow him with due

reward for its resurrection."

When the king's son had wakened from sleep, he sent for the boy

Keranus that he should come to him; who, when he made his presence

known, and heard the dream throughout, according to what the angel

taught him, sprinkled the horse with holy water and raised it from

death. When this great miracle was seen, the king of that territory

made over to Saint Keranus a fertile and spacious field in honour of

Omnipotent God, in Whose Name his horse was resurrected.

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