Making a St. Brigid’s Cross - an Easy Step by Step Guide Here is a little video of me demonstrating how to make a St. Brigid’s Cross which was filmed on the kitchen table this morning. I have been making them for the past 40 years and never tire of gathering the rushes and making them on the 31st of January, the Eve of St. Brigid’s Day. Here is a technique I developed in schools over the years using a clock as a guide for children. This works for everyone to be honest, young or old and all you n

St. Brigid was known for her extraordinary spirituality, even converting a tribal chieftain to the Catholic faith (in some accounts, this man is her father). While St. Brigid attended at his deathbed, she picked up strands of rushes off the floor and fashioned them into the shape of a cross. ​ ​Her father, upon seeing the cross, was moved to accept Christ. Ever since, St. Brigid's cross has been a symbol of Christian faith and a hallmark of Irish Catholic heritage. In memory of this grace of con