Not lost and not forgotten, the cross quarter days. Known often as the time of lambing, an ancient honoring of the turning of the wheel. Here is a cryptic notation from wikipedia:
Imbolc (also
Imbolg), or
St Brigid’s Day (Scots Gaelic
Là Fhèill Brìghde, Irish
Lá Fhéile Bríde, the feast day of
St. Brigid), is an Irish festival marking the beginning of spring. Most commonly it is celebrated on 1 or 2 February (or 12 February, according to the
Old Calendar) in the northern hemisphere and 1 August in the southern hemisphere. These dates fall approximately halfway between the
Winter Solstice and the
Spring Equinox.
[1][2]
The festival was observed in
Gaelic Ireland during the
Middle Ages. Reference to Imbolc is made in
Irish mythology, in the
Tochmarc Emire of the
Ulster Cycle.
[3] Imbolc was one of the four
cross-quarter days referred to in Irish mythology, the others being
Beltane,
Lughnasadh and
Samhain.
[4] It has been suggested that it was originally a
pagan festival associated with the goddess
Brigid, who was later Christianised as
St. Brigid.
In the 20th century, Imbolc was resurrected as a religious festival in
Neopaganism, specifically in
Wicca,
Neo-druidry and
Celtic reconstructionism.
[1][2]
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