Imbolc (also Imbolg), or St Brigids Day (Scots Gaelic Là Fhèill Brìghde, Irish Lá Fhéile Bríde, the feast day of St. Brigid), is an Irish festival marking the beginning of spring. Most commonly it is celebrated on 1 or 2 February (or 12 February, according to the Old Calendar) in the northern hemisphere and 1 August in the southern hemisphere.
Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Celtic calendar, celebrated among Gaelic peoples and some other Celtic cultures, either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Read more
On Imbolc the goddess in the form of winter--cailleach--gathers kindling for the great fire that will become the Spring. On Mann, she is called Caillagh ny Groamagh, and she is imagined as a great bird who gathers the fire sticks in her beak. Read more