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The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick - Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by Various
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_booley_, and killed five other cows. The nurse was much grieved, and
asked him to resuscitate the cows. He resuscitated the cows, then, so
that they were quite well, and he cured the mad cow; and the names of
God and Patrick were magnified through this miracle.

There was a great assembly held by the Britons. He went to the
assembly with his nurse and his guardian. It happened that his
guardian died in the assembly. All were hushed into silence thereat;
and his relatives cried, and his friends wept, and they said, "Why,
thou _gilla_, didst thou let the man who was carrying thee die?" As
regards the _gilla_ moreover, he ran to his guardian, and placed his
hands about his neck, and said to him, "Arise, and let us go home." He
arose forthwith at Patrick's word, and they went home safe afterwards.

The boys of the place in which Patrick was nursed were wont to bring
honey to their mothers from the bees' nests. Then his nurse said to
Patrick: "Although every other boy brings honey to his nurse, you bring
none to me." Patrick afterwards carried off a bucket to the water, and
filled it, and blessed the water, so that it changed into honey; and it
healed every disease and ailment to which it was applied.

One time the King of Britain's steward went to command Patrick and his
nurse to go and clean the hearth of the royal house in Al-Cluaid.
Patrick and his nurse went. Then it was that the angel came, and said
to Patrick: "Pray, and it will not be necessary for you to perform that
work." Patrick prayed. The angel afterwards cleaned the hearth. Then
Patrick said: "Though all the firewood in Britain were burned in that
fireplace, there would be no ashes of it on the morrow." And this,
indeed, is fulfilled yet. Another time, the King of Britain's steward
went to demand tribute of curds and butter from Patrick's nurse; and
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