MarkFeb 6, 2023

We're all dying of colds in the house at the moment on this new public holiday, St. Brigid's day, in Ireland. The tests say it's not covid, but colds aren't nice either!

Why do we have a new public holiday in honour of an early Christian Irish saint? It's vaguely progressive it seems: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjlye08lx43o and vaguely pagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc

St Brigid: First Irish bank holiday to be named after a woman takes place

The organisation Herstory worked on a three year campaign to get the public holiday introduced.

BBC News
Show threadAustin CunninghamFeb 7, 2023
@mark taught she was a celtic godess that was claimed by early Church. Much like Christmas
Show threadMark

@austincunningham Apparently, the evidence for Brigid the saint predates the evidence for Brigid the goddess. So it’s the pagans claiming her!

Brigid, a thoroughly modern 1,500-year-old saint

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/01/30/brigid-a-thoroughly-modern-1500-year-old-saint/

Brigid, a thoroughly modern 1,500-year-old saint

Born of a king and a slave and raised by a druid, Brigid integrates opposites and stands as the sister of all

The Irish Times
Feb 7, 2023 at 7:08pmWeb