With Imbolc drawing near, here’s a simple, old tradition you can try for yourself 🌿 Weaving a Brigid’s cross from rushes has long marked the turning of the year towards spring. Traditionally made on the eve of Imbolc, these crosses were hung in the home for protection, against fire, hunger, and ill fortune, and as a quiet welcome to the returning light. In Irish tradition, Imbolc is linked to Brigid, a figure who bridges worlds. In earlier belief she appears as a life giving goddess associated
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With Imbolc drawing near, here’s a simple, old tradition you can try for yourself 🌿 Weaving a Brigid’s cross from rushes has long marked the turning of the year towards spring. Traditionally made on the eve of Imbolc, these crosses were hung in the home for protection, against fire, hunger, and ill fortune, and as a quiet welcome to the returning light. In Irish tradition, Imbolc is linked to Brigid, a figure who bridges worlds. In earlier belief she appears as a life giving goddess associated
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