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We re delighted to present an extract from
Irish Customs and Rituals: How Our Ancestors Celebrated Life and the Seasons by Marion McGarry, published by Orpen Press, 2020.
Irish Customs and Rituals is an exploration of common calendar customs in Irish tradition, focusing on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: spring: Imbolc; summer: Bealtaine; autumn: Lughnasa; and winter: Samhain. It also looks at beliefs and traditions surrounding major life events such as births, marriages and deaths, and general beliefs surrounding cures and the supernatural.
1st February:
St Brigid s Day
Saint Brigid’s Day or Lá Fhéile Bríde on 1st February occurs at the time of Imbolc or Imbolg, an ancient festival marking the beginning of spring. Imbolc is generally thought to mean in the belly’; it is a time of pregnancy for sheep, marking the beginning of the lambing season. In Ireland, a