St. Brigid's Day - Folklore and Traditions

[@patrickfoley1018]

Brilliant.... thank you so much for sharing....so informative....please keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

[@brigids9]

I was named Brigid, after my Grandmother Bridget I believe, and what an honor it is.Thank you for posting this - I did not know as much as I do now, even with a strong heritage. Many thanks.

[@charletteepifanio]

This is a little 2:00 gem of a video. Lots of interesting history and wonderful images. 💚🕊️

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks for this insight into the ancient origins of these charming customs!

[@fillof5606]

Beautifully narrative from the heart agus a Anam. Thank you godbless

[@lauradesmarais2044]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much! 🇮🇪☘️👏👏👏

[@sirfranklloyd]

Just finished this week's "Blúiríní Béaloidis 18 - Brigid In Folk Tradition". It was truly a wonderful broadcast. I'll make a note that in Vedic tradition one of the most important sages is Bhrigu, who forms a tribe known as the Bhrigus or the Bhargavans. The etymology of Bhrigu meaning 'to shine' is related to the English word "Bright", appropriate for Brigid as a goddess of the Dawn. Thanks again for all your work.

[@daisypeters3216]

Good morning from RIO de janeiro, Brazil. Thank you so much for this valuabes information. Her Saint or Goddess Brighid bless you very much everyday in your life.

[@OpWo45]

I have read the work of Waddell who postulates that the early Gaels were intermarried with the red haired Hebiru tribe of Dan and called the Tuatha de Danaan, come to the British Isles via the Phoenicians in two large immigration waves and that much of the language is Vedic in origin.

[@francesbrowner5748]

Excellent, very informative. Better in video form too.

[@helenbennett5707]

St Brigid has given me the symbol and traditions i need as a woman, esp as an Irish woman. No church or steeple for me. Just the history and traditions of strong women. Thank you so much for this video, it made my day.

[@sirfranklloyd]

Thank you. I've always found St. Brigid interesting. As I understand it she maintained a fire temple, where she and her followers kept a continually burning flame which lasted for many centuries. Also, I note that Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) means Church of the Oak seems related to the Sanskrit Daru meaning tree. Thank you again for this video.

[@lolzkai]

Beautiful video.

[@MaelBrigde]

Well done. Thank you, shy person, who takes no credit for his work.

[@tassiebandrui]

I'm quite sure this must be Johnny Dillon's work, who does the Blúiríní Béaloidis Folklore Podcast now Mael! I'd recognise that lovely Irish (Wicklow??) lilt anywhere :)

[@susycremers]

GREAT job, thank you for the information.

[@victoriaryan-barr1438]

Just beautiul. Thank you so much.

[@FJMLAM]

Charming video-beautifully spoken with some lovely photos. Well done

[@barronmaxxx2991]

my grandmother passed down "Irish Magic".

[@LadyYoop]

Stunning! Thank you!

[@morgannemacdonald3254]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@zephyrquartz]

Excellent explanation for this important day.

[@citizensnid3490]

What a lovely tradition

[@annamacleod8904]

In Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, fresh wild flowers are to be found on the thresholds of homes on the 1st February!

[@pw3229]

Excellent content and editing.

[@mythosandlogos]

Marvelously well done!

[@AndreaMenzies]

Great video.

[@seanfaherty]

My Dad, born in 1936 Galway says he and his brothers and sister would go around and ask for pennies on St Brigit's day carrying a Brigit's Cross ( he says it was rare to go out on St Brigit's day even in his time and the old folks liked it so you'd get a few more pennies) and St Steven's day carrying a wren made of "wax, feathers and what have you " and on St Stephen's day there was a poem they would say but I don't remember it

[@sandramatijas2847]

Wonderful

[@daisypeters3216]

Good morning from RIO de janeiro. That Goddess Brighid bless you everyday and your life.💖👍☘

[@daisypeters3216]

@Never Unprepared Saint Brighid bless you everyday in your life. From Brazil.

[@daisypeters3216]

@Never Unprepared ok,good morning from RIO de janeiro, Brazil you're wellcome to talk to me.

[@daisypeters3216]

@Never Unprepared And may She cover with Her Sacred Cloak your life with endless blessings, Never Unprepared. 🙏🙏🙏👍☘☘☘🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@daisypeters3216]

@Never Unprepared Go raibh mile maith agat, my friend. These are the only words I have learned for now in Irish, or Gaelic?

[@daisypeters3216]

@Never Unprepared I feel really glad and very gratefull and blessed to have been in Ireland. The people I met there were very kind and friendly with me.😘❤🇮🇪👍☘☘☘🙏🙏🙏

[@baxpiz1289]

nice work 👍

[@roicervino6171]

Can you tell me the name or how can I find more information on the masked and stridently dressed men visiting the houses of the village? That's a tradition we keep very alive down here in Galicia and I would like to compare further. Thank you

[@gilleslabhach7904]

Hi - they were called "Biddy boys", and there's quite a few good photos to be found on Google Images.

[@carolmcgrath8631]

www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0130/676775-biddy-boys/

[@roicervino6171]

Thank you!

[@36isnotold]

4:15 that baby’s expression 😂. Yep, that would be mine as well.

[@anglomik]

Great vid! Christ be with you!

[@MrLuridan]

2:16 Micho Russell, of Doolin, County Clare, playing tin whistle.

[@johnasson5723]

very interesting.

[@anne-mariebrennan4022]

My mum used to talk a bout "The Wren Boys" visiting houses in County Claire, dressed in Frightening costumes. Is this tradition similar or another name for the same thing?

[@folkloreandtraditionsofire4170]

Hi Anne-Marie, the Wren Boys your mother spoke of would call from house to house in disguise on St. Stephen's Day (26 December) with a dead wren (or effigy thereof) which they tied to a bush. They would entreat the occupants of the house to give them a few pence 'to bury the wren' and would bless the house on their departure. The wren has long been held in tradition as a treacherous bird - St. Stephen became the first Christian martyr after the wren gave his whereabouts away to Roman soldiers. Before that, in classical paganism we learn from Aesop that the wren was crowned the 'king of the birds' having slyly tucked himself away beneath the eagle's wing as they took flight in competition against one another. So the Wren Boys, while part of a similar tradition of guising and house-visiting, are a different lot to the Biddy Boys.

[@jimmycarrollgodblesspoland5521]

Thank Christ for Christianity 🇮🇪✝️☘️🕊🙏

[@mauramulligan433]

Míle buíochas!

[@daisypeters3216]

All the honour and Love all the deepest of my heart and my soul for Her My Greatest MOTHER AND GODDESS. I will go to Kildare like I have promised to , My Dearest Goddess Brighid. 😘😚💖🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍☘☘☘

[@anotherdreamer3265]

☆☆☆♡☆☆☆

[@justinpullin6369]

Randy with brigid demyan Justin

[@thegaelicleaguela6135]

Imbolg has three syllables. I muh lug.

[@noyoutakethatback]

Now a bank holiday from 2023!

[@billymagfhloinn4675]

Ardfhear a Johnny, tá sé seo go diail ar fad.

[@mickodillon1480]

agreed