IMBOLC / OIMELC

This is the Celtic feast of candles, the real middle of the winter. On this day all households let a single candle burn from dusk until dawn.
 

DATE
February evening, February 1st
 

CORRESPONDING MODERN FEAST
Day of St. Brigid
 

CELTIC GODS
Brigid, Danu, Epona
 

ASSIGNMENT
Moonhalf in season cross, female
 

CUSTOMS
Burning candles, relighting hearth fire
 

SYMBOLS
A single candle, hearth fire
 

DEDICATED FOOD
Conserved, tinned and dried food
 

SMOKE WORK
Seaweed and nutmeg blossom
 

TRESHOLD TIME
Midnight