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Brigid

[ brij-id; bree-id ]

noun

  1. Saint. Also a.d. 453–523, Irish abbess: a patron saint of Ireland.
  2. a female given name.


Brigid

/ ˈbrɪdʒɪd /

noun

  1. Saint Brigid
    Saint Brigid See Bridget


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Beyond the narrative, it is the history of Brigid as one of the major Celtic gods in Ireland that fascinates many aficionados.

The Leprecaun who had brought them lifted Brigid from the floor to which amazement still constrained her.

Brigid and Colum-cille, and of all the other saints whose churches had been destroyed by him.

Again we find it recorded that the corn remained unreaped until after the festival of St. Brigid.

This last conjecture, however, seems to arise from the statement that Ultan collected the miracles of St. Brigid into one book.

It describes at great length the virtues and miracles of St. Brigid, but is unhappily too meagre in historical facts.

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