Sinéad Strong is founder of Catholic Mothers Ireland, an organization that has drawn upon the life and example of St. Brigid ...
You might jab at the calendar and suggest the first of March. Or steeple your fingers and propose the vernal equinox, three ...
So meteorological spring starts on March 1st, astronomical spring starts on March 21st, and traditional (Irish school) spring ...
Groundhogs emerge from their burrows on Sunday to tell us if we can expect an early spring. Will they see their shadows? Here ...
According to superstition, if Phil comes out of his burrow on Groundhog Day and sees his shadow, it will scare him enough that he’ll turn back around—a sign that we’ll have another six weeks of winter ...
Patrick Wolf has announced the release of his long-awaited new album Crying The Neck out April 25. Ahead of the album, Wolf ...
The St Brigid’s Day bank holiday still takes some getting used to. Let’s be honest, a day off after the long, cold, dark ...
In Celtic myth, it was said that an old woman or ... therefore spring would surely arrive soon. Eventually, these pagan traditions merged with Christianity and became what is known in the ...
Other neopagans observe the holiday with rituals taken from numerous other unrelated sources, Celtic cultures being only one of the sources used. Imbolc is usually celebrated by modern Pagans on ...
Groundhog Day may be one of the weirder American holidays. How did it come to be? Here is the origin story of Punxsutawney ...