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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨
@Ciaraioch@mastodon.ie  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The Biddy is an Irish folk tradition linked to Brigid’s Day and Imbolc, where groups wear white and handmade straw headpieces to travel around playing music while carrying a Brídeóg (a model Brigid in child form), warding off evil and bringing luck.

Prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/biddys-day-a4-fine-art-print

#Art #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Ireland #Imbolc #Folklore

A watercolour painting of a person dressed in Biddy costume (white clothing, ornate straw headpiece, red sashes) holding a straw Brídeóg doll, against a background of colourful Irish spring-blooming wildflowers.
A watercolour painting of a person dressed in Biddy costume (white clothing, ornate straw headpiece, red sashes) holding a straw Brídeóg doll, against a background of colourful Irish spring-blooming wildflowers.
A watercolour painting of a person dressed in Biddy costume (white clothing, ornate straw headpiece, red sashes) holding a straw Brídeóg doll, against a background of colourful Irish spring-blooming wildflowers.
Ciaraíoch Art

Biddy's Day (A4 and A3 Fine Art Prints) — Ciaraíoch Art

The Biddy is a mixed pagan and old Christian Irish folk tradition linked to St. Brigid’s Day and the vernal festival of Imbolc, which is has strong ties to County Kerry (particularly Mid Kerry). It involves a group of masked people wearing white clothing and ornate, handwoven straw headpieces travel
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