We bought one for our own house and I began to research it's meaning and history. St. Brigid's cross symbolises the beginning of Spring. In Ireland the official beginning of Spring is February 1st.

WHEN I THINK of St. Brigid’s Day, I think of white clothes, straw hats and the peculiar joy of stepping into a tradition that felt both ancient and alive. Growing up in Kilgobnet, Co.

Meanwhile, St. Brigid, an equally venerable Irish patron saint, credited with the infinitely more practical miracle of turning water into beer, has languished quietly, her February 1st feast day ...