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LÁ FHÉILE BRÍDE SHONA DAOIBH!

  • 01-02-2015 09:00AM
    #1
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭


    The first day of Spring in Ireland! (non meteorological)


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  • #2
    Tilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭Tilly


    Ok.....?


  • #3
    FluffyAngel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭FluffyAngel


    ssssh the children of after hours are asleep ..to them it could be christmas..

    People who care are on other threads..


    happy imbloc..


  • #4
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Thank god, not long to Christmas now.


  • #5
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    I have her rush cross hanging in my kitchen year round. People sometimes remark on it, the usual uninformed crap. The swastika is an ancient symbol which was long in use before the Nazis hijacked it.


  • #6
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,364 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    Jeez, it's hard to believe that January is gone already. I normally don't like that month but hardly noticed it this year. Happy February everyone. :)


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  • #7
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Daylight has broken!!


  • #8
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Is it February at last? Oh thank God.

    2 more months of this crap and then we're out the far side of it. I just hope the boiler lasts that long..


  • #9
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Going out with the Kango hammer later to plant some bulbs.


  • #10
    Wang King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Wang King


    kneemos wrote: »
    Going out with the Kango hammer later to plant some bulbs.

    Use energy saving, it'll take you no time at all


  • #11
    Autonomous Cowherd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭Autonomous Cowherd


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8It3VIZLnI


    Happy Imbolc!! :D


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  • #12
    matchthis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭matchthis


    eastereggs.jpg


  • #13
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    Out for a stroll this morning. Daffodil shoots are appearing on my lane but no sign of their yellow faces yet. Always a lovely sign of Spring; could be a little while yet with all this cold stuff going around.


  • #14
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Daffodils out in Carlow since New Year's (not in my garden though) Brigid is an interesting character, one of the pagan traditions subsumed by Christianity, it seems.

    Patron St. of brewers and dairy farmers too.


  • #15
    Meangadh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Meangadh


    So bloody glad January is over... still so cold though. Once it gets to March all will be well :)


  • #16
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Do kids still go down to the lake and get what they need and make the crosses in school the next day? :)

    We did this, good times


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah do they still make crosses in schools?


  • #18
    Venus In Furs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Venus In Furs


    It's as winter as winter can be.
    May remain wintry until well into April too. Often does. I remember some breath-takingly cold weather in March/April.

    Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.


  • #19
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Venus In Furs wrote: »
    It's as winter as winter can be.
    May remain wintry until well into April too. Often does. I remember some breath-takingly cold weather in March/April.

    Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.

    Groundhog Day again!


  • #20
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,202 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    efb wrote: »
    The first day of Spring in Ireland! (non meteorological)

    Would it not be dhaoibh?


  • #21
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Would it not be dhaoibh?

    Ask Google


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  • #22
    Desolation Of Smug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Desolation Of Smug


    I nipped out in me shorts and hawaii shirt to celebrate and wasn't too slow about nipping back in. You wouldn't be long gettin frostbit.


  • #23
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    I nipped out in me shorts and hawaii shirt to celebrate and wasn't too slow about nipping back in. You wouldn't be long gettin frostbit.

    Aye Shirley


  • #24
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I have her rush cross hanging in my kitchen year round. People sometimes remark on it, the usual uninformed crap. The swastika is an ancient symbol which was long in use before the Nazis hijacked it.

    Do some dopes actually think you have a swastika up?


  • #25
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Herb Powell wrote: »
    Do some dopes actually think you have a swastika up?

    St.Brigids crosses are swastikas though ?


  • #26
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    gctest50 wrote: »
    St.Brigids crosses are swastikas though ?

    Ah come on, it's not even close to being a Nazi swastika


  • #27
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Herb Powell wrote: »
    Ah come on, it's not even close to being a Nazi swastika

    Nothing like a cross either.


  • #28
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    They are swastikas


  • #29
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    efb wrote: »
    They are swastikas


    And they are Buddhist and Hindu symbols.


  • #30
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Herb Powell wrote: »
    Do some dopes actually think you have a swastika up?
    Originally Posted by gctest50
    St.Brigids crosses are swastikas though ?
    Herb Powell wrote: »
    Ah come on, it's not even close to being a Nazi swastika

    read it again - i never mentioned Nazi
    Originally Posted by gctest50
    St.Brigids crosses are swastikas though ?


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  • #31
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    They make them in my son's school, my daughter 's name is Brighid too.


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