37. Crichid [_sic_] of Cluain, a servant of Ciaran, went to Saigir and
stayed there a long time. The devil tempted him to quench the sacred
fire which the monks had in the kitchen. Said Ciaran of Saigir, that
he would not eat food till there should come guests who would bring
him fire. Crichid then went from them a short distance outside the
city, and wolves slew him, but did not injure his body. When Ciaran
the wright's son heard of the death of his attendant, he went to
Ciaran of Saigir to seek for him. When he arrived, Ciaran of Saigir
said, "First of all ye need water for your feet; but we have no fire
to heat water for you. Let you as guests give us fire, for God hath
decreed this for you." Then Ciaran the wright's son raised his hands
to heaven, and made fervent prayer. When the prayer was finished,
there came fire from heaven, and rested on his breast. He protected
his breast from the fire, and carried it with him to the monastery. He
cast from him the fire on to the floor, and it did not hurt so much as
the fur of the robe of white linen which he was wearing.
Then he revived his servant who had died before that, and he ate food
with them. The two Ciarans then made a covenant together. "The wealth
of the world," said Ciaran son of the wright, "be in great Saigir."
"Knowledge and dignity incorruptible be in Cluain maccu Nois," said
Ciaran of Saigir.