Real Witches, Real Brooms

An introduction to Irish threshold rites for Brighid and a sample Imbolc ceremony written at Deborah Blake's request for her book entitled The Witch's Broom.

Published In:

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The Witch's Broom

Bibliographic Entry:

MacCath, C.S. 2014. "Real Witches, Real Brooms." In The Witch’s Broom, by Deborah Blake, 9–11. Woodbury: Llewellyn Worldwide.

Short Non-fiction

Greetings! I'm Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran. I hold B.A. in Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Maine, and a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. I'm also an author, poet, and musician under the name C.S. MacCath. My long-running Folklore & Fiction project integrates these passions with a focus on folklore scholarship aimed at storytellers, and I bring a deep appreciation of animism, ecology, and folkloristics to my own storytelling. You can find me online at csmaccath.com, folkloreandfiction.com, and linktr.ee/csmaccath.