When:
🗓️ Northern Hemisphere: February 1
Southern Hemisphere:
August 1
Where:
🌐 Everywhere
Since:
Ancient times
Imbolc on the Northern Hemisphere is held on 1 February.
Because February 1 is about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.
Imbolc marks the nearing of spring and is held halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox of the hemisphere it is celebrated on.
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Also known as:
Saint Brigid’s Day
Lá Fhéile Bríde (Irish)
Là Fhèill Brìghde (Scottish Gaelic)
Laa’l Breeshey (Manx)
The serpent will come from the hole
On the brown Day of Bríde,
Though there should be three feet of snow
On the flat surface of the ground.
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