Imbolc / Candlemas: The Light Returns!
If Candlemas day be dry and fair The words and lyrics of the nursery rhyme 'If Candlemas day be dry and fair' is a day on which the superstitious believe the weather can be predicted, as in St. Swithin's day. The rhyme is saying that if the sun comes out on 2nd February , halfway between Winter and Spring, it meant six more weeks of winter weather. Candlemas day falls on 2nd February, as does St Bridget's Day and Groundhog Day. Candlemas has been celebrated for hundreds of years and it was ...
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Imbolc, in the Celtic seasonal calendar marked the beginning of the lambing season and signaled the beginning of Spring and the stirrings of new life. It is Feile Brighde, the 'quickening of the year'. The original word Imbolg means 'in the belly', and therein you have the underlying energy. All is pregnant and expectant
Recipe: Crêpes de la Chandeleur (Candlemas Pancakes) for Candlemas Day
Also known as Imbolc, (the old Celtic name) or Brigid’s (pronounced BREED) Day, this day is one of the four Celtic “Fire Festivals, commemorating the changing of the Goddess from the Crone to the Maiden and it celebrates the first signs of Spring.