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men away from the work of the fields to hear his sermons, and 

 thej stole his linen which he hung on the hedge after a wash. 

 One day they pelted him with stones. He was so angry that he 

 cursed Berrien that it should thenceforth produce little else but 

 stones. According to a proverb, there are four things the 

 Almighty cannot do, level Brazpartz, clear Plouye of fern, rid 

 Berrien of stones, and make the girls of Poullaouen steady. 



Leaving Berrien he came to Nank and asked a farmer there 

 to lend him a pair of oxen for ploughing. The man replied, he 

 had none to spare. So Herbot cursed Nank that thenceforth it 

 should produce only good-for-nothing cattle. 



Coming to Eusquec he met with a better reception. A 

 farmer there bade him take from his herd what oxen he chose. 

 Herbot selected two that were white. He harnessed these with 

 the bark of a willow to a bough of a tree, from which he had 

 not stripped the leaves, and thus ploughed his land. Afterwards 

 the two white oxen would not leave him ; but always, even after 

 his death, were to be found at nightfall couched by the porch of 

 his chapel. Any men needing their services had only to borrow 

 them of S. Herbot at night and return them before daybreak. 

 On one occasion, however, a grasping farmer did not restore them, 

 but locked them into his shed. Thenceforth they have been no 

 longer at the service of men, though it is said that sometimes they 

 are still visible at night couched by the porch of S. Herbot. 



When S. Herbot had built his oratory he asked for slates to 

 roof it. " Yes," said the man, " if you will chip the slates for 

 me." S. Herbot took off his cap, placed the slates on it and 

 trimmed them, thus, giving the slates a perfect shape and doing 

 his cap no harm. 



S. Herbot is reckoned one of the richest saints in Britanny. 

 To him are offered cows' tails, some ten or a dozen of these may 

 be seen suspended on the left hand side of his altar. The sale of 

 the hair of the tails offered amounts in the year to a good sum, 

 as many as 1,800 lbs. of hair being given, and this sells at from 

 80 c. to 1 fr. 25 c. per lb. 



Pilgrims arrive in the month of May. Mondays and Fridays 

 are the days preferred. The cattle are driven round the church, 

 then led to the Holy Well, where they are allowed to drink, and 

 whence also bottles of water are taken for use at home in the 

 event of the cattle falling ill. 



