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European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy,
8th
Consultation, Dublin, 1-5 September 2004
The representatives gathered again under the same tree in the grounds of
All Hallows College and offered a blessing from their own tradition, after
which the Irish group presented everyone with a traditional St Brigid's
Cross. 
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The first and largest Irish convent of St Brigid was at
Kildare.
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Her Feast Day falls on the 1st of February.
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The Crosses are made on the Eve of the Feast and are hung
indoors to bring good luck, and are believed to avert sickness and accident.
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They can be made from rushes grown at the nearby St.
Brigid's Well, Kildare.
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