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Published 13:04 1 Feb 2017 GMT
Add us as a preferred source on Google »February 1. Why does that strike us as important?
Ah, but of course. The annual cross-making, spring-breaking feast that is St. Brigid's Day.
But what's it all about? Allow the boffins of Twitter to explain:
Your manual, Brigid's cross-weaving labour was paid for in tiny Kit Kats.
— Maria Keenan (@_mariakeenan) February 1, 2017
It's finally Brigid's day! ❄️????????
— e.f (@fruitbodies) February 1, 2017
Onwards and upwards from here
Today February 1st is St. #Brigid's day; she's the Irish patron saint of beer???? She would pray for a lake of beer...my kind of woman! pic.twitter.com/Ztz7nvW1UR
— Susan Boyle (@miss_susanboyle) February 1, 2017
Did anyone else leave a bowl of flour out on St Brigid's Day so she'd write the initial of you were going to marry in it?
— Fionnuala (@FionnualaJay) February 1, 2017
Happy St Brigid's Day. The first day of Irish Springtime. pic.twitter.com/izy7OrskFU
— Dermot Devlin (@castleDD) February 1, 2017
Happy St Brigid's Day! We have a St Brigid's cross on our front door and it makes me feel slightly like we're in the Blair Witch Project. pic.twitter.com/9bmU7tRPGZ
— Robin Stevens (@redbreastedbird) February 1, 2017
St Brigid's Day-the start of the Celtic Spring! Happy FeastDay! pic.twitter.com/zuGGxw7kRa
— Raymond Lennon (@RaymondLennon1) February 1, 2017
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