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Making Saint Brigid's Crosses
by the 4th class of Holy Family Senior School
The children of 4th Class Holy Family Senior School in Ennis, Co. Clare have been busy making St. Brigid's Crosses. If you'd like to make a St. Brigid's Cross, they have kindly given us their permission to reprint the instructions from their website - and also publish a couple of photos.
We've some pictures below showing the crosses being made. You will need some rushes or reeds picked from marsh land or by your local river. The reeds can be used to tie the ends of the cross or you may use elastic bands or cord if you prefer.
Instructions
1. Loop the horizontal reed around the vertical reed.
2. Loop the next vertical reed around the horizontal reed.
3. Now loop next horizontal reed around both vertical reeds.
4. Then loop vertical reed around both horizontal reeds.
5. Finally, loop a horiz. reed around both vertical reeds going down.
You now repeat stages 1 - 5 approx. 4 times. Tie the ends and trim with a scissors.
Editorial Note:
The tradition is alive and well in Co. Clare - and not confined to the children. We encourage you to visit the Holy Family Senior School website and find out more.
While you're on the site, you might also want to explore what else is on offer. Holy Family is a co-educational, multi-cultural primary school and is prominently involved in the Information Age Project. The site has detailed accounts of Schools Integrated Projects (SIP), the Comenius Project, Sport, Arts and Crafts, Music, Creative Writing, History and much more.
This is a great way to learn about today's Irish educational culture. Enjoy your visit!
 Special thanks to Margaret Cooney who so promptly replied to our request and gave us permission to reprint the photos and the instructions.
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Thu, May 9, 2013
 Birds that like to visit Ireland
Did you know that thousands of birds from other countries migrate to Ireland throughout the year? The arrival of these feathered tourists can be observed in April and May all along the south coast. In summer The cliffs of the west of Ireland are the ideal place for large sea bird colonies such as puffins and gannets. And in autumn, we have many rare American waders - mainly sandpipers and plovers - who arrive here when blown across the Atlantic. In winter, lakes, estuaries and wetlands are a haven for hundreds of thousands of waterfowl from the Arctic and Northern Europe. From Greenland, Iceland and Canada come waders such as knot, golden plover and black-tailed godwit, flocks of brent, barnacle and white-fronted geese, as well as thousands of whooper swans.
Puffin picture and edited copy: Gorp Europe
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"No man ever wore a cravat as nice, as his own child's arm around his neck."
- Irish Proverb
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Brigid of Ireland
by Cindy Thomson
It seems an almost impossible task for writers not born and reared in Ireland to realistically convey the Irish idiom of the English language, but Cindy Thomson has been more successful than most. Her account of the early life of St Brigid is told with an obviously deep knowledge of the social history of fifth century Ireland and the rivalry between the old religion, represented by the druids, and the followers of St Patrick. Irish Emigrant
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To learn more about the author please click Cindy Thomson.
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