It's Imbolc, the first holiday of the year for those of us who are Wiccan. Today we celebrate the Goddess Brid, Saint Bridget. It was traditionally the beginning of lambing season, and the first growth after the long, cold winter. In some mild parts of Ireland, and the rest of the British Isles early wild greens and other wild eatables were in the fields if you knew where to look. It was a sign of spring, or almost, in that part of the world. Though, often you deliver lambs with snow and ice ...

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Jessica Blessed Imbolc!


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Lorrie Happy Imbolc!


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Beth chuckles, well its the first holiday if you start the year in January I suppose, :-) never the less, may Bride light many more winters of your life, just as you have lit many a smile in the lives of your readers. Bright Blessings indeed.


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