Here is some ritual material, as used by BloodRose (Faery Tad.) in its Brigit rituals, drawn and arranged from old Gaelic originals in the Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael.
Brigit of the mantles (please note, mantles are clothing)
Brigit of the peat heap
Brigit of the twiing hair
Brigit of the augury
Brigit ofbthe white feet
Brigit of calmness
Brigit of the White Palms
Brigit of the cattle
Brigit, Woman comrade,
Brigit of the peat-heap
Brigit woman-helper,
Brigit Woman Strength
It was our custom to invoke Brigit with these words, repeated three time, and on the last repetition the priestess incarnating Brigit would strike an anvil with a hammer at each line. The priestess of Brigid is normally dressed all in white.
To Brigit’s presence, the customary reaponse is :
“Brigit is come,
Brigt is welcome.”
Brigit might respond with these words, from the Carmina Gadelica, a Blessing of Brigit, while she lights the candles of the participants:
Fire shall not burn you
Sun shall not burn you
Beam shall not burn you
Moon Shall not burn you
No river shall drown you
No ocean shall drown you
No flood shall drown you
No water shall drown you
Nor shall Man
Nor shall Woman
Nor shall son
Nor shall daughter
Make glance or wish
Hate nor jealousy
Envy nor durance
In love or in spite
That shall sunder you
/that shall lie upon you
That shall subdue you
That shall wound you
Each day be glad to you
No day be sad to you
Life rich and full
The last three lines are sung over and over ( to a tune resembling part of God save the queen, but but where the the in the third line of God Save the Queen is a half step dosn from the preceding and following words, the and in the third line hereis a whole step down from rich and full) while the people dance with their candles.
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