Honestly, I should just post this recipe for any #Pagan⁠s who like booze and want to celebrate #Brighid with an appropriate cocktail.

I call it a Triple Brighid. You'll need:

• ~½ oz Frangelico*
• ~½oz Bailey's Irish cream
• ~½oz Irish whiskey
• powdered cinnamon

* or any hazelnut liqueur, but are there any others?

🧵 1/8

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Happy #Imbolc to all who celebrate - which is everyone in the northern hemisphere, whether you know it or not.

We’re midway from the winter solstice to the equinox. The great darkness is behind us; #Spring will come.

Even if you don’t mark it, you feel it. Birds are singing. Flowers appearing. Skies lightening. Buds bursting. And dolphins are cavorting (sponsored by @Dolphinchaz)

It’s the most joyous time of year in the #Celtic calendar.

The Irish whiskey is what provides that fire. I'd like to say it's like the mead of inspiration, so crucial for poets, but... no, that'd be mead. Whiskey isn't mead. But it's Irish, and you can light it on fire.

The cinnamon reinforces the fire symbolism, both by being a "fiery" spice (e.g., in Red Hots candies or Fireball liquor), and also by providing pretty sparks.

8/8, end

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There's symbolism in this drink, natch:

• it has 3 ingredients, befitting the famously triple goddess, Brighid
• one of them is dairy-based, connecting with the name #Oimelc, "ewes' milk", for the holiday
• the hazelnut liqueur connects with the usual Celtic symbolism of hazelnuts as bringers of knowledge and wisdom, necessary for a smith, a poet, or a healer
• then we set the whole thing on fire, as is only right and proper for a fire goddess 7/8

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You can drink it all down in one shot, or sip it, or stir it around and then sip it. Any of those three options should be enjoyable.

I'd never drink one without saying "Hail Brighid!" either before or afterward, but I suppose it isn't an ironclad requirement.

For that matter, the plate isn't required, either, but it catches the cinnamon sprinkles and makes cleanup easier. 6/8

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Light the hot whiskey. As the flames flicker, sprinkle cinnamon over them from about 30–40 cm up (12–16 inches). It'll make pretty sparks.

You can blow out the flame after a few seconds, or let it burn out on its own. Especially if you choose the latter, *carefully check the temperature of the glass before you put it to your lips!* 5/8

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Honestly, I should just post this recipe for any #Pagan⁠s who like booze and want to celebrate #Brighid with an appropriate cocktail.

I call it a Triple Brighid. You'll need:

• ~½ oz Frangelico*
• ~½oz Bailey's Irish cream
• ~½oz Irish whiskey
• powdered cinnamon

* or any hazelnut liqueur, but are there any others?

🧵 1/8

#bartending #mixology #Neopagan #Paganism #cocktails #Imbolc

Anois teacht an Earraigh #LaLeBríde #Imbolc

Checked out the early #flora at the #Edinburgh botanics. Always worth a visit, incredible that is is free to enter. #bloomscrolling #imbolc

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iamdavidobrien/115997038734637603

Happy #Imbolc to all who celebrate - which is everyone in the northern hemisphere, whether you know it or not.

We’re midway from the winter solstice to the equinox. The great darkness is behind us; #Spring will come.

Even if you don’t mark it, you feel it. Birds are singing. Flowers appearing. Skies lightening. Buds bursting. And dolphins are cavorting (sponsored by @Dolphinchaz)

It’s the most joyous time of year in the #Celtic calendar.

#SilentSunday #Imbolc

Look, I’m not saying my little offering last night, clipped from my garden’s heather and berries, and placed on the liminal doormat, is what brought the break in the bad weather. But I’m not *not* saying that either, like. #Imbolc #LáFheileBríde #Mastodaoine #Spring #BringTheSpringBrigid

for the full moon, saint brigid's day, and imbolc*, this little white cat made of earth and fire would like to wish you peace and renewal, light and hope.

whether you're moving into the light or entering the darker months, may the light of the moon and the energy of the flames carry and guide you.

🔥🌕🌱

*today is actually the full moon and saint brigid's day, but it's the standardised date for imbolc. one of the ancient celtic cross-quarter days, imbolc is a moveable astronomical (fire) festival, and this year, its actual date is 03 february. unless of course you want to celebrate by seasonal cues, which is also a thing that happened.

#imbolc #MastoArt #art

Sharing some of the first morning light to help carry us through

#Imbolc

Feliz Imbolc!

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Feliz Imbolc!

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Happy Imbolc!

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Today is Imbolc, an ancient Celtic festival marking the beginning of Spring and the return of light and life. Wouldn't this be the perfect time of year to have a festival to highlight Glasgow's fantastic architecture by lighting up as much of it as possible?

#glasgow #architecture #imbolc

Happy Imbolc!

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