II. _The origin and birth of Ciaran; the
wizard's prophecies_ 1 1 1 2
III. _How Ciaran raised the steed of Oengus
from death_ 2 2 2 3
IV. _How Ciaran turned water into honey_ 3 3 3 4
V. _How Ciaran was delivered from a
hound_ 6 9 4 5
VI. _How Ciaran and his instructor conversed,
though distant from one another_ 4 - - 6
VII. _Ciaran and the fox_ - - - 7
VIII. _How Ciaran spoiled his mother's
dye-stuff_ - - - 8
IX. _How Ciaran restored a calf which a
wolf had devoured_ 5 8 5 9
X. _How Ciaran was delivered from
robbers_ 7 - 6 10
XI. _How Ciaran gave a gift of cattle_ 8 - - -
XII. _How Ciaran gave a gift of a
plough-coulter_ 9 - - -
XIII. _How Ciaran gave a gift of an ox_ 10 - - -
XIV. _How Ciaran gave the king's cauldron
to beggars and was enslaved_ 11 - 7 11
XV. _How Ciaran reproved his mother_ 13 - 9 -
XVI. _The breaking of the carriage-axle_ 14 - 10 -


The boyhood legend probably consisted originally of the five incidents
common to all, II-V, IX. It is noteworthy, however, that LB transfers
V, IX, to a position after the second phase of the Life. This is
possibly due to a misplaced leaf in the exemplar from which our copies