Usually known as "Bride's Cross," this equal-armed cross is traditionally woven from straw in honor of Ireland's Saint Bridget (Also known as: Bride, Brighid, Brigid) on her holiday, Candlemas, observed on the second of February, which corresponds to the traditional pagan festival of Imbolc

There is a very strong likelihood that there never was such a personage as St. Bridget, and that she may have been a cover for worship of the Celtic Goddess of the same name. For this reason, you're as likely to see as many Bridget's crosses created by Pagans as Christians.

The cross itself is a type of solar cross, and both the symbol and the woven representation probably predate Christianity in Ireland.