Saint of Ireland Saint Brigid

As she grows older, Brigid performs many miracles, including healing and feeding the poor. According to one tale, as a child, she once gave away her mother's entire store of butter. When on the bank of Inny, Brigid was given a gift of apples and sweet sloes. She later entered a house where many lepers begged her for these apples, which she offered willingly. The woman who had given the gift to Brigid was irritated by this saying that she had not given the gift to the lepers. Brigid was ange...