For reasons too long to go into here, Brighid has recently become my patroness. And how marvelously fortuitous than I found your wonderful post on making a Brighid's cross just before her day! Thank you and many blessings!
I'm fifteen and my twin and I were born on Brigid's day. She calls us her blessed babies. It was nice watching this video because I am trying to learn more about her. She is my mother's patroness.
Im so happy to make my own Brigid's cross on her day! Its a favorite holiday of mine and Brigid is welcome back into my home after that freezing winter! May you be blessed!
Go raibh míle maith agat. I cut rushes that were growing in the centre of my beloved mum and dad's grave for the blessing of the graves last week and a few days later a young cousin in America tragically passed away. I made a St. Brigid's Cross tonight using your instruction from those rushes and it's going to America tomorrow with relatives to be placed in his grave at his funeral next week.
I remember twisting in a similar pattern and being the one asked to start the knot I'm so happy to have found your channel, very nice to watch and greatly informative, Thank you so much!
Thankyou.Just successfully made my first one.Had watched another video near st brigids day and cudn Make head nor tail of it but accomplished it today. Thanks.
I just learned of this! Watching the Miracle Hunter on EWTN and so many beautiful Saints live in infamy throughout history to enlighten us of God’s endless Love and Grace that lead us to His Love! Thank you Triune God for all the Holy men and women You send as examples of how to come to know and serve You and ask Your Holy Mother, the first Tabernacle and Your first Disciple, unstained by sin, from Her Immaculate Conception to intercede for us sinners and lead us as Queen of Angels and Saints!
For any philatelists out there: The Irish postal service came out with two commemorative stamps on St Brigid’s Day, one for Brigid’s Cross and one for the Imbolc Festival. This was only six months ago so the stamps are still available, and they ship internationally.
Thanks, that was really helpful. I'm hoping to make some for the first time ever this February. When you say "Rushes" do you mean the sharp spiky grass that grows in clumps across the countryside ? The grass that has a sharp point ?
@@BigGreenArt Cheers …. I live on the west coast of Scotland and it grows everywhere but I didn’t know what it was called…..My wife and I just refer to it as “Rod Stewart Hair” 😂
Thank you very much for this video! Brighid has become my patroness and this is exactly what I needed to see. Do you have any advice on what i may use here in America similar to rush (rushes) :)
It looks as though starting with a straight piece will result in two legs being slightly thicker than the other two. Even though the difference isn’t noticeable, is there a reason for not starting with a folded rush, the way you did with the three-leg Brigid’s cross?
@@BigGreenArt Thank you! I just made my first Brigid’s Cross after a lovely week in Ireland. The only problem is that I don’t know of any place here (San Francisco) to harvest rushes! So I substituted paper rods, rolled from strips of newspaper. At least the paper was authentic (The Irish Times).
Would the type of rush used for this be Juncus tenuis or Luzula campestris? Both are referred to as field rush in different regions, and bulrush also seems to be a common weaving grass in the UK. Is there one specific variety used to make Brigit’s Cross, and if so...any historic or practical reason for that choice?
Juncus is native field rush here in Ireland, on poor ground, so historically this is what our ancestors had at hand. We can use any stalk which doesn't snap when we bend it
Sorry, why did dislikes? Our Lady of Perpetual Flame, Goddess Brighid understand you gave dislikes. Hail Brighd, Our Lady. And let 's go to learn to make The Brighid 's Cross.
