St Brigid’s Day
Shepherdess
February 1 is St Brigid’s Day, a holiday in Ireland, and also the Celtic festival of Imbolc, the harbinger of spring…
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Spring
…which is why St Brigid is sometimes portrayed as a shepherdess, with lambs and calves. Arianell knows she doesn’t look much like a 5th century Irish girl but it’s a great excuse to wear her 18th century Shepherdess outfit!
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St Brigid’s cross
And she did make a St Brigid’s cross out of straw! We tacked it over our doorway to show Spring she was welcome into our home!
St Brigid is famous for her expanding cloak… Click here for a sweet little song that tells that story!
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Quimper Hittys 
You enrich us with these narratives…and Brigid’s wee small cloak-I so enjoyed listening to the ladies singing it. Now, Arianell’s cloak will mean much more to me. Thank you once again for sharing this lovely story.
You are welcome…Arianell enjoyed representing St Brigid this year – it is nice to think that spring might be on the way. Wasn’t that song delightful!?
What a great song to honour St Brigid.
It was simple and sweet, I thought – and great storytelling.
all the tiny flowers on Brigid’s cloak are lovely. Loved the song and the singers.
The flowers were made from some old-fashioned ribbon trim I had in the cupboard…scrappy loveliness!
Arianell looks lovely!
She knows her outfit is impractical for real shepherdessing But she loves it!!
I’m not surprised! It is beautiful.
she is perfect as an Irish lass….and that ensemble is just perfection.
Aww, thanks! Arianell feels like spring is coming when she wears the shepherdess outfit!
I just learned about the Celtic festival of Imbolc, the harbinger of spring – what an awesome festival to celebrate! Arianell looks wonderful in her tribute to this festival 🙂
She likes this outfit, but also wonders if I will make a more appropriate one for future considerations. Spring will come…