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Sherman A1's JournalRegion Prepares For Significant Sleet/Snow Storm In Coming Days
ST. LOUIS - Meteorologist Brad Charboneau said Monday the St. Louis area is expecting a large-scale winter storm to impact the region beginning today.
He said rain will turn to freezing rain by Wednesday morning and sleet accumulation could be dangerous before snow hits.
“The sleet and snow will impact travel throughout the area. A cold front will surge southward in the area for a period of 48 hours and in the meantime, a storm system will move up eastward and impact us with widespread participation.”
Illinois Department of Transportation Operations Supervisor Joe Monroe said his staff will work 12-hour shifts during the storm.
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/region-prepares-for-significant-sleetsnow-storm-in-coming-days-56392.cfm
How Ireland used to celebrate St Brigid's Day in the past
St Brigid's Day, or Lá Fhéile Bríde, was once a major turning point in the old Irish calendar and was celebrated widely. Occurring at the same time as Imbolc, an ancient festival that initiated the beginnings of spring and new growth, it marked a stretch in the evenings and was a time to take stock and think ahead.
More recently in Ireland, it largely amounted to a simple turn of the calendar page, and many of us don’t give it a second thought. However, St Brigid's Day will be a new public holiday in the Republic of Ireland from 2023 onwards and there will be a renewed interest and emphasis on this old festival. But how did our most recent ancestors celebrate the occasion - and are there any traditions worth reviving?
Imbolc became Christianised in Ireland as the feast day of St. Brigid, the foremost female Irish saint, and a version of the universal goddess Brigid, of the older popular religions. Legends portrayed the Christian saint as a formidable woman with the power to influence kings, and worshippers prayed to her to intercede on their behalf with God. Until the mid-20th century, Brigid was one the most popular names for Catholic girls, such was her status.
Exactly who was worshipped on St Brigid’s Day - Christian saint or 'pagan’ goddess - was interchangeable according to the rituals practised. People attended Mass and prayed at Holy Wells on St Brigid’s Day but also partook of older customs, the exact origins of which are unknown.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0131/1276827-ireland-st-brigids-day-traditions-biddy-boys-brat-bhride-/
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“Pop,” goes the weasel…………..
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