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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>by Dr Karen Ward. This article was commissioned\u00a0for the RTE website&#8217;s\u00a0Brainstorm section.<\/p><p>The commencement of Spring is celebrated in Ireland on 1<sup>st<\/sup> February. It is beyond doubt that the light is clearly returning and whether we feel it or not, the snowdrops and emerging daffodils tell of a shift upwards in temperatures. The trees are alive with songbirds marking breeding territories and calling for a mate to create family. In plant and animal, the sap is rising and we are not immune from this cycle. Although the early weeks of Spring may still have all the personality of Winter, the new season asks us to feel the turn of natural Earth energies with walks in the fresh blustery air.<\/p><p>To our ancestors, the cross-quarter time between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox marked the cosmic beginning of Spring. They innately understood how the season was created and timed by the Earth\u2019s elliptical journey around the Sun. They called\u00a0this phenomenon <em>Imbolg<\/em>\u00a0(also Imbolc), deriving from an older vernacular of Irish (Gaelic) it\u00a0refers to \u2018in the belly\u2019, a reference to the swollen bellies of ewes with lambs soon to be born.<\/p><p>Communally the festival of Imbolg has been celebrated in ancient and increasingly modern times from the night of January 31st\u00a0up to the \u2018true\u2019 cross quarter time \u2013 the exact moment between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.<\/p><p>Unlike any other of the 8 Celtic Festivals, Imbolg is unique in having a key central figure revered in Pagan and Christian times \u2013 Brigid. The demands on our ancestors were great as they prepared to clear, sow and plant for a good harvest. They needed fitness, nourishment and inspiration at the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. Brigid gifted them new vision for future prosperous times heralding the warmer, bright days.<\/p><p>In the 5<sup>th<\/sup> century it is historically recorded and comprehensively documented by Dr Noel Kissane in his book \u2018Saint Brigid of Kildare\u2019 that a woman was born who epitomised the attributes of the Spring Goddess \u2013 a quintessential Irish woman in her power and strength, standing up for herself and those who need her guidance. St Brigid was born at Faughart near Dundalk, County Louth, the beloved daughter of Pagan Chieftain of Leinster, Dubhthach and his Christian servant woman Brocca (also known as Broicsech\/Brocessa). She was raised in the Druidic tradition but lived at the time of St Patrick who it is said she met and converted her to Christianity. \u00a0However, often pagan traditions were subsumed by the Catholic Church and most of St Brigid\u2019s traditions are indeed pagan in origin.<\/p><p>Most Irish schoolchildren will remember the myths and legends of this Irish female matron saint from spreading her cloak over the plains of Curragh to weaving her iconic equilateral cross of reeds. St Brigid founded a spiritual community for both women and men in Kildare. She is the saint of babies, midwives, blacksmiths, scholars, crafters and nature lovers inspiring poetry and the creative arts.<\/p><p>Both Celtic Goddess and Saint Brigid are associated with the elements of Fire and Water. Her perpetual flame burned in Kildare\u2019s Fire Temple for centuries but was extinguished by Cromwell\u2019s soldiers in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century. Fortunately, it was relit in the 1990\u2019s by the Solas Bhr\u00edde Sisters and now is tended in their beautiful Solas Bhr\u00edde Centre near her Healing and Garden Holy Wells in Kildare. Her many Wells throughout the country are visited on 1<sup>st<\/sup> February in tandem with an increasing number of events including F\u00e9ile Br\u00edde, Kildare, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solasbhride.ie\">www.solasbhride.ie<\/a> the Brigid of Faughart Festival, Dundalk <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigidoffaughart.ie\">www.brigidoffaughart.ie<\/a> and a revival of her L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile Br\u00edde Festival at her Well in Clondalkin, Dublin facebook.com\/clondalkinimbolc\/<\/p><p>There is an exciting worldwide initiative by Herstory, a recent movement to uncover forgotten but fascinating women\u2019s stories from history, mythology and contemporary culture. This year in partnership with RTE, the Epic Museum and Underground Films, the Herstory project takes place over the Imbolg weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herstory.ie\">www.herstory.ie <\/a>which includes a Brigid\u2019s Global Fire Blessing by the Moon Mn\u00e1 Facilatators www.moonmna.ie<\/p><p><strong>Brigid Traditions<\/strong><\/p><p>On 31<sup>st<\/sup> Jan, Imbolg Eve, women put out a Bhrat Bhr\u00edde strip of red or blue material to catch the morning dew. This became the symbol of healing in the house as Brigid bestowed her blessing for the year ahead. Another classic tradition was for a young girl representing \u2018Brid \u00d3g\u2019 (Gaelic for \u2018Young Brigid\u2019) to come with reeds to the front door as the family waited inside in the dark representing Wintertime. Once welcomed, Br\u00edd \u00d3g entered representing Springtime\u2019s arrival. The family then made their Brigid Crosses placing them at doorways for their protection. For many years the Brigid\u2019s Cross was the test card for RTE, the Irish television station.<\/p><p>May the coming of Spring and Brigid, Goddess and Saint, inspire and nourish you this Imbolg time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-359b1311 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"359b1311\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-722784c4\" data-id=\"722784c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c14be0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c14be0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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