Imbolc, Candlemas, Groundhog Day ... Spring is on its Way Bideford People!
By biddy_blogger | Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 09:15
February 2 marks mid way between the Winter solstice and the Spring equinox and represents the beginning of Spring in the Northern hemisphere ... and here in Bideford.
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Spring is on its way in Bideford
Whether you are pagan, Christian or American will tell which name you give to 2 February. The Celts celebrate the festival of Imbolc or St Brigid's Day, the Christians Candlemas and in North America today is Groundhog Day.
We have woken up to a dull, wet and grey day here in Bideford. If folklore is to be believed then Spring is here to stay:
If Candlemas be fair and bright
Winter will have another flight
If Candlemas be cloud and rain
Winter will be gone and not come again
A farmer should on Candlemas day
Have half his corn and half his hay
On Candlemas day if thorns hang a drop
You can be sure of a good pea crop
Happy Spring time Bideford!
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It almost makes me glad it's such a grey, miserable day out there! Roll on beach days :D
By Sandy_Bottom at 13:09 on 02/02/11
ReportI love Imbolc.... you know most lovely days are to come... and of course the shorter nights!
By southernclan at 10:00 on 02/02/11
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