Little Saint Kieran and Blue Dye

From the Cutting Room Floor

In the version of Saint Kieran’s life told in the Book of Lismore, one of the oddest stories is attributed to him as a boy. His mother was doing laundry, and on that day she wanted to dye or re-dye various family clothes in blue.

In the story, Kieran is a precocious boy who teaches moral lessons to his parents and others. He also manifests strange mirac…