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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The cross is an interesting thing. Part of the eye of god family. I would not be at all surprised that there is some sort of genetic link- dna.....given a handful of 9 straws and enough time the basic generic human being will probably eventually make one of some form. Hard wired to the fingers some how. It is accomidated by the celtic aesthetic for off balance and the cirvolinear so therefore it has a home with the celts. One of my reoccuring problems is that the cross does not turn up until late in the record. One does not know where the story came from. A good story though. Always fun. she of course used the cross to tell the chieftain about christianity....so after she rattled on about it he finallly gave up and converted and then promptly died. I believe she wore him out! Lots of things to do for the day in addition to crosses- my favorite is cutting a strip of white cloth - put frost of brigids morning on it and tie on forehead. Good for headaches or at least you know who as a headache so you can be careful with them- should actually be a requirement for everyday when you think of it. Conrad Madeleine Gray wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > They were making them at Gumfreston in west Wales a couple of years > ago (I have one) > > Maddy > > Dr Madeleine Gray > Senior Lecturer in History > School of Education/Ysgol Addysg > University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd > Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, > Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 > > 'You may not be able to change the world but at least you can > embarrass the guilty' > (Jessica Mitford) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture on behalf of jbugslag > Sent: Mon 02/02/2009 3:36 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 1. February > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Conrad, > Are St Brigid's Crosses still actively being made these days? > > The coinsidence of the death date with > > a major seasonal change has helped successive generations to continue > > and develop the celebration. > > If, that is, it were a coincidence and not a case of syncretism. If > the date of Christ's death > could, essentially, have been fudged in the 4th century to coincide > with an already > established "seasonal change", why not St Brigid? > Cheers, > Jim > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it > to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the > message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order > to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, > visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html