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 St Mungo (2)



Story of the Robin. 

The following is dedicated to my wee pal Zac


THE other boys who were being brought up and educated along with St. Mungo by St. Serf are said to have been jealous of the love shown to him by their master, and to have done what they could to do him mischief. One story tells that a favourite tame robin of St. Serf was by accident killed by one or more of his youthful disciples, who laid the blame on Kentigern; whereon he took the bird in his hand, and having made over it the sign of the cross, its life was instantly restored, and it flew chirping or carolling to its master. This is the famous "bird that never flew" of the rhyme on the armorial insignia of the city of St. Mungo. 


Story of the frozen branches.


 IN the refectory, it is stated, there was a fire which had been sent down thither from heaven, and which st. Serf's disciples watched by turns in the night, one after another, that it might not be suffered to go out. On a certain night, however, when the blessed Kentigern was watching the fire, he was overcome by sleep, during which the sacred fire died out, or, as is also said, was put out by some of his fellow disciples who were moved by envy towards him. "But the holy boy," when he awoke, broke off a frozen branch from a neighbouring hazel, and, breathing on it in the name of the Holy Trinity, blew it into a flame, with which he rekindled the sacred fire in the presence of his companions. The tree of the city arms has sprung out of this branch. 


St. Mungo goes forth from Culross.


 AT the close of Kentigern's probation, St. Serf, at the instigation of the disciples, who were jealous of their favoured companion, called upon him to work a still more wonderful miracle, which, as the story tells, after earnest striving in prayer he was, by divine aid, enabled to perform. During his devotions it was revealed to him that he shonld now go forth to fulfil his mission, which, to the great grief of St. Serf, he lost no time in doing. The going forth of the youthful saint is said to have been attended at the very outset with another marvel at the ford of the Forth, by which he crossed over to the southern shore, the account of his passage, in its earliest known form, being made to rival that of the Israelites in the passage of the Red Sea. 


St Mungo (1) can be found here- Glasgow Historical ( & beyond ) (bygoneglasgow.blogspot.com)

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  1. Unknown19 December 2020 at 19:49

    Thank you so much for this Clem,it was so kind of you to dedicate this to my little grandson Zac.
    Our Scottish history should always be passed on to our children.
    I will screenshot this and hopefully one day he can give it to his own children,and explain the story of how his gran gave it to him, from you.
    Katrina x

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  2. Clem Fandango19 December 2020 at 20:04

    No problem Katrina. I fully agree with regards to our History being taught to our own population. When I was at school, I was taught about the Vikings, the war of the Roses and the English Civil war. Thank you again :)

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