01/02/2024
The amazing Ruth Evans Art and her beautiful illustrations.
https://www.mayobooks.ie/Myths-and-Meridians-Margaret-Fitzgibbon
Imbolc festival is upon us, also called St. Bridgids day, it means whoo hooo its SPRING!!
Imbolc means 'in the belly of the mother' because the seeds are getting ready to sprout from the earth. This day people put blue handkerchiefs in the trees (representing Brigits magical cloak ) and outside their doors for protection and healing, and people keep the bridgid dolls woven from straw by the fire to keep them warm, they also make the straw crosses you see in the trees, in ireland some people make the big straw plaits you see the lamb jumping thru, and put them in their doorways for people to walk thru. The fire of life is brought back to the land. Illustration from the book Myths and Meridians by and myself. Link to book in bio on website.