Hags & Hares

In many places, Imbolc was seen as a particularly suitable moment for making private vows around health, fertility, or success in work.

This is the part of a little ritual we prepared over Samhain and and released at Imbolc, the start of the Celtic year.

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Now let's all hope for a rainy February and the occasional hedgehog ☔

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Waiting on Brigid! Let's see if she passes over Berlin with her cow. In case you didn't know, the ribbon is called a Brat Bride. Brigid is said to bless these as she passes over the countryside. The Brat Bride was then used to cure illness.

#imbolc #stbrigid #folklore #ireland

Celebrate the Spirit of St Brigid at Ireland’s Festival of Spring St Brigid’s Day (1 February) echoes Imbolc and in the Irish Christian calendar marks the arrival of spring.

St Brigid’s Day (1 Feb) echoes Imbolc and the Irish Christian calendar of the arrival of spring. St Brigid known for her work with poor and also respected as a feminist and environmentalist.But her story is entwined with much older figure. Brigid #Folklore www.tourismireland.com/trade/news/a...

You know, I have seen this movie twice (ages ago) but I had totally forgotten about it until now. It's actually a weirdly comforting film - I must check it out again. Thanks for the reminder!

One of the earliest references to St Bridget’s Cross speaks of its power to protect the house and its occupants from fire, as recalled in the burlesque poem Hesperi-Neso-Graphia (1735 ed., p. 8)

#imbolc #stbrigidsday #brigid #folclore #fire

a brown ink drawing of three hares arranged in a triangle, each sharing an ear with both of the other two hares

three hares (holy trinity) germany, 16th century

Oooh, they look very interesting! Let us know what the stories are like.

To Imbolc and the courage to begin again.

#imbolc #folklore #wisdom #quarterday

The old Celtic year followed a seasonal structure organised around quarter days.

Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain.
Each marked the start of a new season.

The day began at sunset.
Change began quietly, in the dark.

#Imbolc, #Bealtaine, #Lughnasa, #Samhain, #folklore

Hey everyone! I know it’s a regular Monday in January, but just think – in a couple of weeks it will be the start of spring. According to the Celtic calendar the winter will finally be behind us🌼🌱. Let’s prepare and take stock of where we are currently at.
#imbolc #stbrigidsday #folklore #ireland

Getting ready for Imbolc.
Preparation is part of the work.

26 new manuscripts from the Main Manuscript Collection are now digitized, indexed and available on duchas.ie.

More information: www.gaois.ie/assets/pdf/2...

Four views of the Stone of the Seven Suns at Dowth. Painting with light. mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/s... #dowth #sevensuns #megalithicart #neolithic #monument #prehistory #prehistoricireland #mythicalireland #mythicalirelandcommunity #megalithic #torch #stones

In the old Celtic calendar, the year began on Nov 1. By that rhythm, winter is already giving way, and spring arrives on Feb 1 with Imbolc.

Even in the cold, new life is stirring. Not pressure, not a reset, just quiet promise.

Four more weeks, and the light begins to return.

Really love this book Marion! Read it so many times now that the pages are falling out. ❤️

The old Celtic year followed a seasonal structure organised around quarter days.

Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain.
Each marked the start of a new season.

The day began at sunset.
Change began quietly, in the dark.

#Imbolc, #Bealtaine, #Lughnasa, #Samhain, #folklore

An old man with a cane in a chair is silhouetted against the fire. He is telling a Christmas ghost story to a group of adults and children while a giant ghostly knight leans on the mantlepiece, listening.

The Ghost Story, Alfred Bestall, 1930
#Christmasghoststories

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📷 Emain Mhacha (Navan Fort), Armagh

#armaghrhymers #mumming #irishfolklore #storytelling #irishtradtionalmusic

Ogham
A tree alphabet.
Old wisdom for modern times.

This is not about looking backwards.
It is about learning how older ways of knowing can still help us think, reflect, and act today.

Today, Daniela and I went on a long walk to the Alter St. -Matthäus-Kirchhof in Berlin to visit the graves of the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. I hadn't a clue until recently that they were buried here! We left a candle and some nuts as the graveyard was bustling with squirrels.