{"product_id":"cailleach-sterling-silver-blackthorn-thorn-dangle-earrings-caillagh-y-groamagh","title":"Cailleach Sterling Silver Blackthorn Thorn Dangle Earrings (Caillagh y Groamagh)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cailleach is a force of winter.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn Celtic folklore, the Cailleach carries a blackthorn staff, and when she strikes the earth with it, winter takes hold: frost settles, storms move across the land and the ground freezes.  She is fierce, elemental and bound to the land and its weather.  Here on the Island, she is Caillagh ny Groamagh, the weather spirit who gathers sticks as the season turns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stories differ, but both bind her to the wild land and the coming of winter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is why we began with blackthorn.  We gathered the twigs and thorns from the wind-beaten paths along the Isle of Man’s wild and windswept west coast, then moulded and cast them in silver preserving their natural shapes.  The staff that brings winter, the branches gathered on an island at the very centre of the Celtic world, the thorns that protect and wound: each is part of the story held in these talismans.  Rooted in the land and the Cailleach’s story: a mark of protection, fierce endurance and the power to meet change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrafted in Sterling Silver.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe drops measures approx. 65mm with an overall drop of 77mm including earwires.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sacred Clan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67866142703721,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0577\/1807\/9593\/files\/DSC00948.jpg?v=1792964310","url":"https:\/\/sacredclan.com\/products\/cailleach-sterling-silver-blackthorn-thorn-dangle-earrings-caillagh-y-groamagh","provider":"Sacred Clan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}