A church, a well and a graveyard that take us across times and traditions
The 1st of February heralds the first day of Spring and is also the feast day of St. Brigid/Bridget. Brigid shares her feast day with an older pagan festival called Imbolc which celebrated the springing back of the earth from winter, with new life. St. Brigid in keeping with her Celtic tradition was attuned to the seasons and cycles of nature. She valued the elements of nature: earth, air, fire, and water. There are many legends told about Brigid with the most well-known being about the miracle of her cloak and the weaving of a cross from rushes. Similar to the association of between St. P...
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