| How to Make a Brighid's Cross |
| 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. |
 | Hold one reed vertically, and fold another in half around the middle of the first. |
 | Fold next reed over the last one.(It will be parallel to the first reed) |
 | Fold next reed over the reeds one and three.(It will be parallel to the 2nd reed) |
 | 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.
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