Editing Imbolc (section)

===Brigid's crosses===
[[File:House number, New Bridge Street, Downpatrick, February 2010 (02).JPG|thumb|Brigid's cross above a doorway in [[Downpatrick]].]]
In Ireland, [[Brigid's cross]]es (''pictured'') are traditionally made on St Brigid's Day. A Brigid's cross usually consists of rushes woven into a four-armed equilateral cross, although there were also three-armed crosses.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ó Duinn |first=Seán |title=The Rites of Brigid: Goddess and Saint |date=2005 |publisher=Columba Press |isbn=978-1-85607-483-4 |location=Dublin |page=121}}</ref><ref>[[Emyr Estyn Evans|Evans, Emyr Estyn]]. ''Irish Folk Ways'', 1957. p. 268</ref> They are traditionally hung over doors, windows, and stables to welcome Brigid and for protection against fire, lightning, illness, and evil spirits.<ref name="Danaher22-25" /> The crosses are generally left until the next St Brigid's Day.<ref name=stations/> In western [[Connacht]], people made a ''{{lang|ga|Crios Bríde}}'' ({{lang|ga|Bríd}}'s girdle); a great ring of rushes with a cross woven in the middle. Young boys would carry it around the village, inviting people to step through it and be blessed.<ref name=stations/>