Making a Saint Brigid cross

[don]

I’ve just watched Songs of Praise and they had a clip on it about how to make a Saint Brigids Cross. The reason why I am posting it is one is Brigid the same thing as Bridget? And two I’ve often wondered how to make one and now I know. I Doubt I will ever make one but I think I can if I ever Feel the urge to do so.

[spinno]

Brigid and Bridget are variations of each other

[Kath]

My stepdaughter is Bridget. It's the anglicised version of the Irish name, Brigid. I understood that her mother picked the name because it could not be diminutised. School kids are smarter than her mother apparently because everyone called her Bridge. Or Frigid Bridge. Which isn't diminutising it but was predictable I'd have thought.

[spinno]

Ray Stevens had a novelty hit with Bridget the Midget (the Queen of the blues)

[willien]

Oct 6, 2024 19:37:07 GMT Kath said:

My step daguaghuter is Bridget. It's the anglicised version of the Irish name, Brigid. I understood that her mother picked the name because it could not be diminutised. School kids are smarter than her mother apparently because everyone called her Bridge. Or Frigid Bridge. Which isn't diminutising it but was predictable I'd have thought.

A couple in my village (eldest is my age) called their forth Kenneth cos it could not be diminutised.  Did not know him very well because he was a lot younger than me but young Kenny seemed like a nice enough kid.

[zou]

Oct 6, 2024 20:51:27 GMT willien said:

Oct 6, 2024 19:37:07 GMT Kath said:

My step daguaghuter is Bridget. It's the anglicised version of the Irish name, Brigid. I understood that her mother picked the name because it could not be diminutised. School kids are smarter than her mother apparently because everyone called her Bridge. Or Frigid Bridge. Which isn't diminutising it but was predictable I'd have thought.

A couple in my village (eldest is my age) called their forth Kenneth cos it could not be diminutised.  Did not know him very well because he was a lot younger than me but young Kenny seemed like a nice enough kid.

Did they no ken?

[gray1720]

I had the misfortune of being shortened in the late 1980s to....


Aids.

[lesleysm2]

When I was at school they called me Lezzie

[John Farrell]

Here, Bridget is Bridgie. In my wife's family, various Irish Brigids were called Delia.

[mick]

For men of a certain age there's only one Brigitte - Bardot.

Mick

[MJB]

Oct 7, 2024 7:55:25 GMT mick said:

For men of a certain age there's only one Brigitte - Bardot.

Mick

For us mere whippersnappers it's either Bridget 'the midget' McCluskey or Frigid Bridget from Dear John.

[Kath]

It's quite common here in the West coast of Scotland for Bridgets to end up being known as Bridie. Which is also the name of a kind of pie/pastry thing. Not terribly flattering as nicknames go. My maiden name was Clements-Jewery and for a large part of my schooling, my nickname was Durex. Jewery...Durex. I still think it's a bit of a stretch.

[daves]

Oct 6, 2024 19:45:25 GMT spinno said:

Ray Stevens had a novelty hit with Bridget the Midget (the Queen of the blues)

We had a maths teacher (A while ago, can't remember if she was HoD) called Bridget, and yes she was of diminutive stature, and yes she was called Bridget the midget in the staff room.

[davem399]

Oct 7, 2024 9:30:34 GMT Kath said:

It's quite common here in the West coast of Scotland for Bridgets to end up being known as Bridie. Which is also the name of a kind of pie/pastry thing. Not terribly flattering as nicknames go. My maiden name was Clements-Jewery and for a large part of my schooling, my nickname was Durex. Jewery...Durex. I still think it's a bit of a stretch.

I remember bridie as a type of pasty when I was at sea.  On the menu, it was listed as a Forfar bridie.  Is this a delicacy originally from Forfar?

[willien]

Having been of the skinny persuasion I went through a, thankfully brief, period at secondary school being called "Biafran Wull".