ABOUT OIMELC

The Church calls it St. Brigid's Day, but Brigid (or Bride) is simply the
ancient Celtic name for the Goddess as maiden.

Here in America we know it as Groundhog Day, a day of weather divination.  And
Iomelc was always a time of weather divination.

It's also called Valentine's Day (but moved a couple of weeks away), because
love divination was also practiced on the Day of the Maiden (or Bride).

It's winter's end.  The bridge between the cold of winter and the promise of
spring.  Iomelc was the time for caring of the sheep in ancient Britain.

It's the midpoint between Yule -- the rebirth of the sun as the wheel of the
year turns -- and Lady Day (Ostara or Easter) -- the full moon of the vernal
equinox.