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Re: Forestmen and Wolfpack... thoughts
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:18:56 GMT
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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
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> > > 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
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> > Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic..
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> 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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| (...) very (...) but (...) 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 (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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