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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Saint Valentine’s Day: Love in a Leap Year
Valentine was purportedly a priest who lived in Rome around 270AD. The Emperor Claudius II issued a decree forbidding military recruits to marry, in the belief that single men make better soldiers. As a Christian, Valentine believed marriage was a … Continue reading
Posted in History, LifeWorks, Mythology, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged cards, customs, girl, heart, history, Jane Bailey Bain, Leap Year, LifeWorks, love, marriage, mythology, propose, relationships, religion, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, Saint Patrick, Saint Valentine, St Bridget, St Brigid, St Patrick, St Valentine, traditions, Valentine, Valentine's Day
Saint Brigid’s Fire: The Girl and the Goddess
Brigid was a slip of a girl with a mass of red-gold curls. It drove the nuns wild, that hair, for however much they combed it sprang back into a cloud. The girl ran wild too, although she had such … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbess, Bridget, Brighid, Brigid, Brigid's Fire, Celtic, Fire, Goddess, history, Imbolg, Ireland, Jane Bailey Bain, Kildare, LifeWorks, mythology, Oimelc, religion, Saint Bridget, Saint Brighid, Saint Brigid, St Bridget, St Brighid, St Brigid
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