In the Outer Hebrides, ashes from the fire would be raked smooth, and, in the morning, people would look for some mark on the ashes as a sign that Brigid had visited.Monaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. Infobase Publishing, 2004. p. 256. If there was no mark, they believed bad fortune would come unless they buried a cockerel at the meeting of three streams as an offering and burned incense on their fire that night.
In the Out.er Hebrides, ashes from the fire would be raked smooth, and, i,n the morning, people would look for some mark on the ashes as a sign that Brigid had visited.Monaghan, Patricia The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. Infobase Publishing, 2004 p. 256 If there was no mark they believed bad fortune would come unless they buried a cockerel at the meeting of three streams as an offering and burned incense on their fire tha.t night.