Brigid's cross or Brigit's cross is a small cross usually woven from rushes. Typically, it has four arms tied at the ends and a woven square in the middle. The main purpose of St. Brigid’s Cross is to protect a house and drive evil, fire, and hunger away. It can also represent peace and goodwill, and it was even placed in cowsheds to safeguard animals and help cows to produce more milk. Ideally, the cross should be displayed on a visible place.
Ireland Necklace, St. Brigid Cross
Each item begins as a piece of sheet metal, copper, bronze, brass or nickel. After a pattern is transferred to the metal, the piece is etched in a salt-water solution. Each piece is hand cut, sanded, and polished. A patina may be applied or it may be hand painted with dye oxide. A clear polymer coating is applied