 Tales tell of a fox, badger and wolf who worked with Ciarán and his monks to cut wood and build huts for the brothers.One day the fox stole Ciarán's shoes; upon which Ciarán ordered the badger to retrieve them.The badger found the fox, and bound him from head to tail, returning him to his master; the saint ordered the fox to repent for his sin as a monk would, and to return to his tasks as before.