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Imbolc or
Imbolg (Irish pronunciation: [ɪˈmˠɔlˠɡ]), also
called Saint Brigid's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde;
Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde; Manx: Laa'l...
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Gaels as
Beltane (1 May),
Lughnasadh (1 August),
Samhain (1 November), and
Imbolc (1 February).
Influential works such as The
Golden Bough (1890) by James...
- Ruadán. Her
sacred tree
appears to have been the birch,
given some
older Imbolc-related traditions. She is ****ociated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection...
- of
Ireland in the 5th
century AD, the
Celtic quarter days were observed:
Imbolc (February 1)
Beltaine (May 1)
Lughnasadh (August 1)
Samhain (November 1)...
- the
country during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023,
Saint Brigid's Day (
Imbolc)
became a
public holiday, to mark both the saint's
feast day and the seasonal...
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Goddess of Fire, the Home,
poetry and the end of winter. Her festival,
Imbolc, is on 1st or 2nd of
February which marks "the
return of the light". ****phone...
- many
other folk customs. It was
originally a pre-Christian
festival called Imbolc,
marking the
beginning of spring. From 2023 it is a
public holiday in the...
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festival of
Imbolc,
which was
celebrated in pre-Christian
Europe (and
especially the
Celtic Nations) at
about the same time of year.
Imbolc is
called "St...
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typically woven on 1 February, her
feast day, as well as the
festival of
Imbolc in pre-Christian Ireland.
Hanging Brigid's
cross from the
rafters of one's...
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January (Samhain, Nollaig, Eanáir)
Spring (Earrach) - February, March,
April (
Imbolc, then Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán)
Summer (Samhradh) - May, June, July (Bealtaine...
