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Lachtaoin declared: "Mochuda is a good monk but his successors will not be able to change water to milk," and to the messenger he said "Go to Mochuda and tell him that I shall not break bread in this house until he accept the alms which I have brought to the community."
He sent the milk to Lachtaoin but the latter identified it as milk miraculously produced; he in turn blessed it with the result that it was changed back again into water. He complained: "It is not water but milk I have asked for." The messenger related this fact publicly.
On Mochuda agreeing to accept them he handed over the cattle and dairymen to the monks of Rahen and the stewards took charge of them. Mochuda said thereupon, that he should not have accepted the cattle but as a compliment to Lachtaoin. Once, at harvest time, the farm steward came to Mochuda complaining that, though the crop was dead ripe, a sufficient number of harvesters could not be found.
The house steward went to Mochuda to tell him that Lachtaoin was ill and required milk. Mochuda ordered the steward to fill a pitcher with water and bring it to him and this order was executed. Mochuda blessed the water which immediately was changed into sweet new milk apparently of that day's milking.
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