{"id":19615,"date":"2023-02-01T03:01:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/my-brat-bhride\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:01:20","slug":"my-brat-bhride","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/my-brat-bhride\/","title":{"rendered":"My Brat Bhride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><span>The Brat Bhride or Brigid\u2019s Cloak was laid outside before sunset on the eve of Brigid\u2019s Feast Day, 1st February, and brought back in before sunrise. Blessed by Brigid, ancient Spring Goddess and Saint, the dew which fell that night imbued the cloth with powers of healing and protection which lasted throughout the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><span>It would be kept in a special place in the house and brought out as needed when illness occurred by wrapped around the head to cure a headache or used by midwives to help women in childbirth, for Brigid was especially known as being the patron of healers and midwives. It was used on sick animals also, especially cows and sheep for which Brigid had a special affinity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>The aim of this project is to promote a revival of the Brat Bhride\u00a0tradition across Ireland at a community level, given that Brigid\u00a0has been recently recognised and awarded her own national\u00a0holiday.\u00a0Colaiste<strong> <\/strong>Iosagain Portarlington, transition year\u00a0students and the Portarlington\u00a0Active Over 55\u2019s club we will be creating and collaborating together in a shared environment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Makerspace<em> in the <\/em>Portarlington<em> <\/em>Enterprise Centre<span><span> to make Brat Bhride scarves\/shawls\u00a0through the reuse of old materials and discussing activities and memories traditionally associated with St. Brigids Day. For further details visit\u00a0\u00a0www.portartcollective.ie<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19616,"template":"","class_list":["post-19615","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Brat Bhride - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Brat Bhride or Brigid\u2019s Cloak was laid outside before sunset on the eve of Brigid\u2019s Feast Day, 1st February, and brought back in before sunrise.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/my-brat-bhride\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Brat Bhride - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Brat Bhride or Brigid\u2019s Cloak was laid outside before sunset on the eve of Brigid\u2019s Feast Day, 1st February, and brought back in before sunrise. 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