[Sca-cooks] A Thyme and Place by Cohen and Graves

[Ana Valdés]

Holy Bridget or Heliga Birgitta is often mixed up with Brigid. But Birgitta
of Sweden canonized much later was an historical person and a noble woman a
widower and the mother of many children.
She is really beloved in Sweden.
Ana

Den 18 sep 2016 18:44 skrev "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>:

> Brigid is the pre-Christian Irish variant of a very ancient Indo-European
> diety.  She is associated with spring and is celebrated at Imbolc, the
> major spring festival held halfway between the winter solistice and the
> spring equinox, roughly Feb. 1, although the date shifts because of the
> lunar calendar.  As St. Brigid, she was co-opted by the Catholic church and
> was related to Candlemas because of the Feb. 2 date.
>
> Bear
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Susan Lord
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 3:56 PM
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] A Thyme and Place by Cohen and Graves
>
> I was very excited about this new publication. Amazon sent it to me in
> record time. I still have my mouth wide open as there is no bibliography or
> footnotes. With time I think I can trace recipes but I am unhappy that the
> original texts are not cited.
> I do find it an interesting and informative to name a feast day and give a
> common recipe used to celebrate it.
> I was surprised to find St. Brigid associated with Candlemas, not that I
> know anything about St. Brigid.
> Now I have a query - why did you, who have names like Brigid, choose them?
>
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