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A reminder that Kevin Danaher’s excellent “The Year in Ireland: Irish Calendar Customs” can be borrowed online for free on archive.org! It contains a wealth of recorded practices and customs for Irish holidays, including Brigid’s day, Samhain, and many other important days.

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I wish everyone well this Imbolg! And I also want to send some love as a worshipper of Brigid the deity to any followers of Brigid the saint. As far as I care, we are cousins. I wish you well this coming spring and hope the days are kind to you.

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Na focail / the lyrics (from FlashLyrics.com, English translation in parenthesis):

Gabbaim molta Bríde (I praise Brighid)

Ionmhain í le hÉirinn (Beloved of Ireland)

Ionhain le gach tír í (Beloved of all lands)

Molaímis go léir i (Let us all praise her)

Lóchrann geal na Laighneach

(The bright torch of Linster)

A' soilsiú feadh na tíre (Shining throughout the land)

Cean ar óghaibh Éireann (The pride of all Irish women)

Ceann na mban ar míne

(The pride of women for gentleness)

Tig an geimhreadh dian dubh (Comes the hard dark winter)

A' gearradh lena ghéire (Cutting with it's severity)

Ach ar Lá 'le Bríde (But on St. Brighids Day)

Gar dúinn earrach Éireann (The Irish spring is near to us)

Brighid of the sunrise

Rising in the morning

Rising with the springtime

Greening all the land

See you in the soft cloud

See you in the raindrop

See you in the winds of change

Blowing through the land

You the red eared white cow

Nourishing the people

Nourish now the hunger

Souls longing in our land

Bird that is unfolding

Now the time's upon us

Only have we eyes to see

Your Epiphany

Gabbaim molta Bríde (I praise Brighid)

Ionmhain í le hÉirinn (Beloved of Ireland)

Ionhain le gach tír í (Beloved of all lands)

Molaímis go léir i (Let us all praise her)

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Rhiannon | Welsh Goddess of Sovereignty | Welsh Deities 101

Love this description of Rhiannon. Accurate and balanced video about her, and seems like it may be easy to understand for beginners, as well! Gwych, diolch i Mhara Starling am ei fideo newydd hi.

(This post, and video, is trans safe.)

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Prayer to Bridie

By Morgana West (2002)

On this day,

as we kindle the flame in our hearts,

We pray that the flame of Bridie

ignites in our souls,

and the souls of all we meet.

We pray that no envy and malice,

no hatred or fear,

may smother the flame.

We pray that indifference and apathy,

contempt and pride,

may not pour like cold water on the flame.

Instead,

may the spark of Bridie

light the love in our souls

so that it might burn brightly

throughout the year.

May we warm those that are lonely;

our light guide those who are lost,

so that all may know the comfort of

Bridie’s Love.

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Don’t get me wrong I appreciate Morgan Daimler’s work in many things, but every time they spell Brìde/Brìghde (both Scottish Gaelic spellings), they without fail are missing the stràc (grave accent) despite having it for other spellings in other languages, and it drives me quite wild honestly.

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Making my Christmas wishlist full of paganism and polytheism books while my parents are at very Christian church:

Image description: A meme of Spongebob with narrowed eyes and a very wide, close-mouthed grin as he looks off to his left. End.

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“Using fae as a pronoun is appropriative & offensive to Celtic cultures!” Ah yes…“fae”…the Anglo-French term that often just homogenizes the huge variety of Celtic faeries and spirits…and does not come from any Celtic language nor traditionally refers to any specific Celtic fae which all have their own traditional terms…

Idk I just find it hard to believe that any bwbachod in a Welsh household care all that much when someone uses fae as a pronoun, considering bwbachod are not traditionally called fae except when they are poorly anglicized…and the word fae has already been used to refer to humans throughout its history, including its original meaning referring to witches…

But I’m sure this is just about appropriation and not about trying another ploy to stop neurodivergent gnc/nonbinary people from using fae/faer pronouns to reclaim ableist lore around fae. /satire