Imbolc - First Stirrings of Spring
The festival of Brigid, marking the quickening of life within the earth.
Imbolc (February 1) celebrates Brigid and the first signs of spring - ewes coming into milk, the first snowdrops appearing. Though winter holds, life stirs beneath the frozen ground. It is a time for purification, poetry, and rekindling the sacred flame.
Brigid's flame kindles the spark of life in the frozen earth.
Imbolc shows Celtic attentiveness to subtle seasonal changes and the goddess Brigid's importance.
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Early February, when the ewes come into milk and the first snowdrops show. The festival marks evidence of life at a point in the year when the weather offers no comfort at all.