SC - Birthdays and Daffy Dills

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You have to remember also that the Catholic missionaries to Ireland, England
and the Frontier, allowed the Pagan converts to celebrate there feast days
as Christian holy days Only they would give them a Christian spin, Christmas
is one such Holy day, as is Easter.  Jesus was born in April according to a
lot of Scholars.

Thorbjorn Bjornson
Calontir
Contact Person for Geisterhugel, Allamakee and Clayton Co. Iowa
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From: "Philip & Susan Troy" <troy at asan.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: St. Patrick's Day (was Re: SC - OT - For Our Inverted Friends
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> LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Interesting. I wonder why St. Brigid has all the symbols and rites of
the
> > Goddess Brigid
>
> I'm not sure what rites you're referring to. Sure, if you celebrate
> Imbolc and then say, nudge nudge, see how we're venerating Brigid, then,
> maybe. You're not talking about going to Mass, are you?
>
> > AND has her feast day is on the day that is (was) sacred to
> > Brigid, the Celtic goddess? Talk about coincidences..........:-)
>
> Of the three Saint Brigids I've found references to, one (I believe this
> would be the abbess, Brigid of Kildare) appears to have died on February
> first, at least according to translations of her contemporary biography.
> The other feast days are January 21st and November 2nd.
>
> As I said earlier, there appears to be some fusion of the respective
> mythologies of the goddess and the saint, but that doesn't make them
> interchangable.
>
> Adamantius
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> Phil & Susan Troy
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> troy at asan.com
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