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In lugnet.castle, Nathan McDowell writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> > > If memory serves me right, those were supposed to be Celts. I was not very
> > > happy with their portrayal.
> > >
> > > Tony
> >
> > Ahh, Celts! Now it makes sense (light bulb above head) All these years I
> > thought they were making fun of Scots, but instead they were just doing a bad
> > portrayal of Celts. Thanks for the clarification.
> > -Chris
>
> Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic..
Only vaguely. Scots are much more Pictish, really. No self-respecting Celt
is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;)
If you're looking for Celts(1), you should be looking in Ireland and Wales.
That being said, there's been so much intermingling in that region that
everyone is a bit of everything.
James (the slowly recovering from very busy weeks)
1:Of the non-Bostonian variety - so pronounce it with a hard "c" folks.
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Nathan McDowell writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> > > > If memory serves me right, those were supposed to be Celts. I was not very
> > > > happy with their portrayal.
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > >
> > > Ahh, Celts! Now it makes sense (light bulb above head) All these years I
> > > thought they were making fun of Scots, but instead they were just doing a • bad
> > > portrayal of Celts. Thanks for the clarification.
> > > -Chris
> >
> > Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic..
>
> Only vaguely. Scots are much more Pictish, really. No self-respecting Celt
> is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;)
The celts were stripping down to their bare shield back when they were
terrorizing early Rome. I forget whether they were into woad at that time, but
I'll check my books when I get home. I think they were, but celts wander in
and out of so many places - Galatia, Greece, Italy, Briton, etc. - I tend to
confuse one era with another sometimes.
Bruce
Bruce
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Nathan McDowell writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> > > > > If memory serves me right, those were supposed to be Celts. I was not • very
> > > > > happy with their portrayal.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > > Ahh, Celts! Now it makes sense (light bulb above head) All these years I
> > > > thought they were making fun of Scots, but instead they were just doing a • bad
> > > > portrayal of Celts. Thanks for the clarification.
> > > > -Chris
> > >
> > > Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic..
> >
> > Only vaguely. Scots are much more Pictish, really. No self-respecting Celt
> > is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;)
>
> The celts were stripping down to their bare shield back when they were
> terrorizing early Rome. I forget whether they were into woad at that time, • but
> I'll check my books when I get home. I think they were, but celts wander in
> and out of so many places - Galatia, Greece, Italy, Briton, etc. - I tend to
> confuse one era with another sometimes.
>
> Bruce
Heck, they even took over the city of Rome! However, that only lasted one day.
Wait a minute... maybe that was the Visigoths.
Err... any history majors with a better memory than mine?
Tony
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In lugnet.castle, Tony A. Rowe writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > > No self-respecting Celt
> > > is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;)
> >
> > The celts were stripping down to their bare shield back when they were
> > terrorizing early Rome. I forget whether they were into woad at that time, • but
> > I'll check my books when I get home. I think they were, but celts wander in
> > and out of so many places - Galatia, Greece, Italy, Briton, etc. - I tend to
> > confuse one era with another sometimes.
> >
> > Bruce
>
> Heck, they even took over the city of Rome! However, that only lasted one • day.
>
> Wait a minute... maybe that was the Visigoths.
>
> Err... any history majors with a better memory than mine?
>
> Tony
The Visigoths did a leisurely pillage of Rome over two weeks.
Bruce
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