How To Make A Brighid's Cross
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A Brighid's Cross can be made with wheat stalks, grasses, reeds or rushes.
Gather a few dozen reeds of the same length. If they tend to break when you
bend them, soak them in water to soften them, so that they will bend easily.

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one reed vertically, and fold another in half around the middle of the
first.
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next reed over the last one.(It will be parallel to the first reed)
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next reed over the reeds one and three.(It will be parallel to the 2nd reed)

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Continue to work in a circular fashion, until you have used up your reeds,
or created enough of a "woven" center to the cross. Hold the reeds together
carefully, and tie each end together with string, so that the cross won't
fall apart.
About the Brighid's Cross

The Brighid's Cross is traditionally made on February 1-2 (Brighid's Day,
Candlemas, Imbolc), and it is a symbol of protection and prosperity for the
coming year.

 

Submitted By Krissy 2004

Granny Moon~