  
All you need to create a simple and easy to make corn husk dolly, also known as a Brideog, for your seasonal altar! Each Sacred Mists exclusive kit includes organically grown, first harvest corn husks, satin cording, cotton and complete instructions for creating your own corn husk dolly. Add your own personal touches to make your corn husk dolly unique to you!
Some Corn Husk Dolly "Finishing-Touch" Crafting Ideas:
Create a mini-wand from found objects in your favorite outdoor area. Adorn your corn husk dolly with scraps from fabric stores to wrap your corn husk doll in a cloak or creat a white "bridal" gown look. Make a bed for her out of flowers, leaves and other found objects.
Corn Husk Doll Lore
One folk tradition that continues in both Christian and Pagan homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young, unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to represent Brigid, called the Brideog ("little Brigid" or "young Brigid"), adorning it with ribbons and baubles like shells or stones. They make a bed for the Brideog to lay in. On St. Brigid's Eve (Jan. 31), the girls and young women gather together in one house to stay up all night with the Brideog, and are later visited by all the young men of the community who must ask permission to enter the home, and then treat them and the corn dolly with respect.
Brigid is said to walk the earth on Imbolc eve. Before going to bed, each member of the household may leave a piece of clothing or strip of cloth outside for Brigid to bless. The head of the household will smoor the fire and rakes the ashes smooth. In the morning, they look for some kind of mark on the ashes, a sign that Brigid has passed that way in the night or morning. The clothes or strips of cloth are brought inside, and believed to now have powers of healing and protection.
On the following day, the girls carry the Brideog through the village or neighborhood, from house to house, where this representation of the Saint/goddess is welcomed with great honor. Adult women - those who are married or who run a household - stay home to welcome the Brigid procession, perhaps with an offering of coins or a snack. Since Brigid represents the light half of the year, and the power that will bring people from the dark season of winter into spring, her presence is very important at this time of year.
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