Lady Gregory

Name: A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit, The Mary of the Gael
Author: Lady Gregory

A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

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“A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit, The Mary of the Gael”, published in 1906, is a work by Lady Gregory. It explores elements such as Brigit, Brennain and cow.

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ The First of February And from that time to this the housekeepers have a rhyme to say on Saint Brigit's day, bidding them to bring out a firkin of butter and to divide it among the working boys. For she was good always, and it was her desire to feed the poor, to do away with every hardship, to be gentle to every misery. And it is on her day the first of the birds begin to make their nests, and the blessed Crosses are made with straw and are put up in the thatch; for the death of the year is done with and the birthday of the year is come. ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ The Drying of Brigit's Cloak One time Brennain, saint of the Gael, came from the west to Brigit, to the plain of the Life, for he wondered at the great name she had for doing miracles and wonders. And Brigit came in from her sheep to welcome him, and as she came into the house she laid her cloak that was wet on the rays of the sun, and they held it up the same as hooks. ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ And it was angels that baptized her and that gave her the name of Brigit, that is a Fiery Arrow. She grew up to be a serving girl the same as her mother. And all the food she used was the milk of a white red-eared cow that was set apart for her by a druid. And everything she put her hand to used to increase, and it was she wove the first piece of cloth in Ireland, and she put the white threads in the loom that have a power of healing in them to this day. She bettered the sheep and she satisfied the birds and she fed the poor. ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ That I may be safe in every place with my saint of Leinster!"
Brigit Helps the Mother of God There was a poor man, and a poor woman, living in an ancient place in Ireland, a sort of a wilderness. The man used to be wishing for a son that would be a help to him with the work, but the woman used to say nothing, because she was good. They had a baby at last, but it was a girl, and the man was sorry and he said "We will always be poor now." ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ The Man that had Lost his Wife's Love Brigit would give herself to no man in marriage but she took the veil and after that she did great wonders. There came to her one time a man making his complaint that his wife would not sleep with him but was leaving him, and he came asking a spell from Brigit that would bring back her love. ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ And the serving boy wondered to see her doing that, but it is what she used to say: "It is in the name of Christ I feed the poor; for Christ is in the body of every poor man."
She Fills the Vessels One time the serving boy went to the druid's house, and they asked was the girl minding the dairy well. And he said "I am thankful, and the calves are fat;" for he dared not say anything against the girl, and she not there. But the druid got word of what she was doing, and he came to visit the farm, and his wife along with him; and the cows were doing well, and the calves were fat. ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ Brigit beneath it, the Son of Mary within it; let the three angels having most power in the court of grace be keeping this house and the people of this house and sheltering them until the dawn of day." For it is what Brigit had a mind for; lasting goodness that was not hidden; minding sheep and rising early; hospitality towards good men. It is she keeps everyone that is in straits and in dangers; it is she puts down sicknesses ”

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Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders — Brigit… (1906)

“ Scores of people there were in it, looking for cures, and some got them and some did not get them. And I went down the four steps to the well and I was looking into it, and I saw a little fish no longer than your finger coming from a stone under the water. ”

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