Bride's Bed

Imbolc Eve

Use the wheat or corn doll you made at Lughnasadh

Dress the doll in white or blue
Give her a necklace representing the season
Lay her in a long basket adorned with ribbons (next to a fireplace if one is available)
Light white candles on either side of the basket:

Welcome the Bride both Maiden and Mother; Rest and prepare for the time of the seed; Cleansed and refreshed from labors behind her; With the promise of Spring She lays before me.

Lay the wand, decorated with white and blue ribbons, beside her:

How soon comes the Lord, How quickly He grows! The season will turn, 'ere we know.

Let the candles burn
Next morning, look to see if there are any marks in the hearth dust (sign of the activity of the Lord, hence an early Spring); remove the dress and scatter the wheat or corn outdoors.

From Grimoire For The Green Witch by Ann Moura