More than a decade ago, metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles unearthed what proved to be the world's largest Iron ...
Pagan religious holidays fall in a regular pattern ... Right now, we are between two holidays: Imbolc, the cross-quarter day between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox, and Ostara, the ...
Saint Patrick’s Day is around the corner, but there is another Irish Saint that you may not know too much about. The ...
Sikh 29 New Year China's Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. Confucian / Daoist / Buddhist February 1 Imbolc A Wiccan and pagan holiday sometimes referred to as Candlemas or Oimelc, ...
For a Christian holiday, Easter has surprisingly pagan roots. The symbol of the Paschal ... February 2—three months after Samhain—was known as Imbolc: a pre-Christian observance whose Irish ...
Imbolc was a time to honor Brigid, the goddess of fertility and weather. As part of the festivities, people watched for signs of nature to predict the coming of spring. The Christian holiday of ...
Much of what we know about Brigid comes from hagiographies; early medieval bodies of literature that detail the life and ...
Clothes recycling banks are a handy solution to getting rid of items quickly when you are spring cleaning. At this time of ...