Scothine
Martyrological notice
Scothine. Scothine of Tech Scothmi in Sliab Mairge. It is worth knowing why he was called Scothine. Easy (to say), for the shortening. (scothacT) of the journey which he used to make, to wit, to go to Rome in one day and to come from it. in another day. Vel ideo Scothine dictus est, i.e. Once he met S. Barre (of Cork), he walking on the sea and Barre in a vessel. "What is the cause of thy walking on the sea?" says Barre. "It is not sea at all, but a plain full of clover- blossom," says Scothin, and his hand touches a flower, and he throws it to Barre in the ship, and said: "What is the cause of a vessel swimming on the plain ? " At that word Barre stretches his hand into the sea, takes a salmon thereout, and flings it to Scothin. So that from that flower (scoth) he is named Scothin.
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (1905)
Scothine. Scothine of Tech Scothmi in Sliab Mairge. It is worth knowing why he was called Scothine. Easy (to say), for the shortening. (scothacT) of the journey which he used to make, to wit, to go to Rome in one day and to come from it. in another day. Vel ideo Scothine dictus est, i.e. Once he met S. Barre (of Cork), he walking on the sea and Barre in a vessel. "What is the cause of thy walking on the sea?" says Barre. "It is not sea at all, but a plain full of clover- blossom," says Scothin, and his hand touches a flower, and he throws it to Barre in the ship, and said: "What is the cause of a vessel swimming on the plain ? " At that word Barre stretches his hand into the sea, takes a salmon thereout, and flings it to Scothin. So that from that flower (scoth) he is named Scothin.