We have just now passed Imbolc, celebrated from sunset to sunset on the first and second of February. Imbolc is an ancient Celtic observance, though in the crosspollination that occurs when ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Happy Imbolc! Never heard of this Gaelic holiday? Whether you're celebrating it for the first time this year or keeping up an old family tradition, here's more information ...

The word Imbolc derives from the Irish, ‘i mbolg’, meaning ‘in the belly’, or "first milk" in the old Irish Neolithic language. It heralds the birthing season, as the soon-to-be-born lambs ...

New beginnings and the approach of spring feature in Imbolc, a traditional Gaelic festival. Marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox, the annual celebration falls ...

What is Imbolc? It is the day halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. If the winter solstice represents the death of the year, then Imbolc represents the birth of the new year.

In the Irish folklore from the 11th century, "The Wooing of Emer," which is set in pre-Christian Ireland, the warrior Cuchulainn calls Imbolc “the beginning of Spring,” and believes that the ...

Analysis: Connections to Brigit, spring, cattle and animal husbandry show why so much of the material around Imbolc has become conflated over the centuries Imbolc or Imbolg (amongst many spellings ...

Every year on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil emerges from the ground to tell the American public if there will be six more weeks of winter or if spring will come early. The legend goes: If he sees his ...