We're all met together here to sit and to clack With our glasses in our hands and our work upon our back There's nae a trade among 'em who could mend or could knack If it wasna for the Work O' the Weavers
CHORUS:
If it wasna for the weavers wha' would ya do? Ya wouldna hae no cloth tha's made o' wool. Ya wouldna hae no greens, nor your greys, nor your blues If it wasna for the work o' the weavers.
(tradtional)
welcome the Hebridean fleeces home
November 2007 - we welcome home the Hebridean fleeces - as this rare breed has been extinct from the Isles and is now coming back; with big thank you, from all at the Galgael. to John from Iona and his dark happy girls there
Issy will plant this snowdrop in her neighbourhood or garden
Last
Thursday night in GalGael was dedicated to Imbolc, the celtic cross
quater festival, which marks the first signs of Spring. We started the
celebration with a Celtic story: "The Earth Shapers", conveying how Brighid heard the earth sing because she has dreamt about beauty, and how the Chaos-Earth has then been re-shaped by the De Danaan, and blessed with the 3 waves of Mananan. All very much pertaining to the Galgael one would think?.Anneruth told the story,
while fascinated eyes watched and open hearts and ears listened. Laryna accompanied the story with sounds from cimbal, singing bowl,
recorder and drum.
Afterwards we enjoyed and shared a delicious
dinner, listened to poetry, and song
and shared what we know and heard
about Imbolc and this time of the year. A few folks created a couple of
Brigid's crosses. Others took the instructions and reeds home to have a
go later.
round and round and round the weaving goes
Gehan distributed snow drops for people to take home to plant with their intent (inmost wellbeing wish) for this coming season, the slow Scottish Spring.
taking bulbs and soil home
Please, check out the picasa albumfor some more impressions of that night in GalGael and enjoy!
Brigid's cross, made from reeds.
Brighid figure with ewe, and lamb, felted from wool.
