"We believe this tradition goes back thousands of years. It’s how the pagans welcomed the arrival of Spring. The white costume symbolises the light. We wear all white and we carry the light into the house after the dark winter. The straw hats of course have connections with the land and hopes of a good harvest. And then of course the crosses, well that’s the Christian-ising of the tradition I suppose."
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https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2023/0201/1353144-st-brigid-kerry-biddy/