Posts tagged #livestock

Stories from the Farm— Sheep: Our Sweet Wooly Babies

For as long as I can remember, February has always been synonymous with sheep. This comes from my lifetime on farms and from stories passed down by ancestors that I’ve never met, yet whose tales live on through the generations of Celtic folklore. One of my favorite folktales is of Cailleach, the divine winter hag of the Isles. Cailleach created the landscape using her basket of stones and her hammer. She would clash and fight for control of the seasons with Brìghde, the goddess of summer.

Posted on May 1, 2024 and filed under Animals, Columns, Farms, Issue #86.