Why should we look at them when they are fighting?
If we do not seek the dragons,
They also will not seek us.[30]
In Gaelic Scotland the serpent, which is associated with the goddess Bride, sleeps all winter and comes forth on 1st February (old style), known as “Bride’s day”. A Gaelic verse tells in this connection:
The serpent will come from the home
On the brown day of Bride,
Though there should be three feet of snow
On the flat surface of the ground.[31]
As in China, a compact was made with the Bride serpent or dragon:
To-day is the Day of Bride,