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===Other customs===
Families would have a special meal or supper on St Brigid's Eve to mark the last night of winter.<ref name="stations" /> This typically included food such as [[colcannon]], [[sowans]], [[dumpling]]s, [[barmbrack]] or [[Bannock (British food)|bannocks]].<ref name="danaher15" /> Often, some of the food and drink would be set aside for Brigid.<ref name="stations" />

In Ireland, a [[spring cleaning]] was customary around St Brigid's Day.<ref name="danaher15"/>

People traditionally visit [[holy well]]s and pray for health while walking '[[sunwise]]' around the well. They might then leave offerings, typically coins or strips of cloth/ribbon (see [[clootie well]]). Historically, water from the well was used to bless the home, family members, livestock, and fields.<ref name="danaher15">{{harvnb|Danaher|1972|p=15}}</ref><ref>Monaghan, p. 41.</ref>

Scottish writer [[Donald Alexander Mackenzie]] also recorded in the 19th century that offerings were made "to earth and sea". The offering could be milk poured into the ground or porridge poured into the water as a [[libation]].<ref>Mackenzie, Donald. ''Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend'' (1917). p. 19.</ref>

In [[County Kilkenny]], graves were decorated with box and laurel flowers (or any other flowers that could be found at that time). A Branch of Virginity was decorated with white ribbons and placed on the grave of a recently deceased maiden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn {{!}} The Schools' Collection |url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4758529/4752101 |access-date=13 February 2022 |website=dúchas.ie |language=en}}</ref>