[ad_1] null / Credit: MantasVD/Shutterstock Dublin, Ireland, Feb 1, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. St. Brigid crosses. Credit: Joe PassmoreThe St. Brigid cross is typically made from reeds or rushes that grow…

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