St. Brigid's Cross | 9.5" x 9.5" x 1" | Made in Ireland | All Handcrafted, All Natural Saint Brigid's Cross | Mounted On Unique Irish Scenic History Card

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The pagan festival was associated with the goddess Brigid, considered among the most powerful of the Celtic goddesses.

Anne O’ Dowd’s book Straw, Hay and Rushes also has an excellent section on the crosses, including photos and information on the museum examples and types. In another story, Brigid was given a poisoned drink by a woman of ill intent, and she wove the cross to neutralise the toxins. As she weaved, she explained what the cross meant, and it captivated him so much that he willingly converted to Christianity and got baptized right before he died. I suppose it's not surprising given my mother inherited a grá for the Irish language from my grandfather, an Irish school headmaster.Popular legend tells us that she was the daughter of Dagda, who belonged to the Tuatha De Danann, a race of people who were the island’s first inhabitants.

Brigid Cross as a necklace with its pendant made of silver and gold, bringing the protective powers of the cross to your own person. The goddess Brigid was the daughter of the Dagda and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann before she was melded with the Christian saint of the same name in the Middle Ages.Whatever the chosen material, it was sprinkled with holy water beforehand and a prayer to welcome the saint into the home was often recited. Unlike traditional crosses, this one has a square centerpiece with four radials that are woven together in a crisscross pattern, with each end tied with a string. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. The tradition of weaving her cross from reeds for 1st February, to celebrate the arrival of Spring, continues to this day in rural Ireland.

The origins of Brigid’s Cross can be traced back to pre-Christian Ireland and the ancient festival of Imbolc where communities would gather to honour Brigid with songs, dances, and offerings. She continued to be charitable, donating her father’s possessions—much to his chagrin—to anyone who asked, including the poor. The NMI today welcomed the news of the appointment of our new Chair of the Board, Prof Cathal O' Donoghue, by Minister Catherine Martin. Brigid include the Brigid’s Cross, a flame or fire representing her association with hearth and home, a cow or dairy-related items symbolizing her connection to abundance, and a crozier or staff representing her role as an abbess.

According to supply and demand, we sometimes use organic beeswax in the production process from other trusted sources. In certain regions of Ulster, this wheel spinning in a circle imagery is evoked with a three-armed woven cross. Brigid’s Day is primarily celebrated in Ireland, but it is also observed in other countries with Irish heritage or Catholic communities, such as Scotland, England, the United States, and Canada. Fold a third reed in half and over both parts of the second reed to lie horizontally from left to right against the first straw.