[muawiyah]

First off, all the Northern Europeans are very closely related, so technically the folks in the swamps in Europe are not terribly different from the Celtic peoples ~ just not enough red hair to satisfy me if you want to know, but that's me.

So, there are the proto-English ~ living in the Swamps in 700 BC ~ beating each other over the head, swinging bronze swords, drowning victims ~ all the good stuff.

1200 years later they were a bit more advanced ~ then King Ad gave away the farm ~ OUR FARM ~ not his own farm, but ours.

Within about 100 years they too were Christianized and were much less nasty. In fact, they took over leadership of THE CHURCH and managed to spread their own language(s) into a dominant position that wasn't challenged until 1066!

Once the cultural conquest was made all the bitter clingers who demanded their own rites in their own versions of latin were readily turned into what became Englishmen. The real Britons lived on in Ireland, Alba, Brittany, Manx, etc.

True enough the genes are only little removed from each other, but there are always two different versions of the history! Ours and theirs. Ours is better ~ and much more entertaining really.

[Kenny Bunk]

Unfortunately, Mu, the term "Celt" has been abused by the St. Patrick's Day People, the Medieval Fair People, and the Bagpipe People.

Rotsaruck straightening them out next weekend.

[moose07]

True enough the genes are only little removed from each other, but there are always two different versions of the history! Ours and theirs. Ours is better ~ and much more entertaining really.
I’m of Paddy decent myself, so not disagreeing with you.
In fact the book backs up the stories perfectly, which makes a change.
Thanks for your reply ,good to set the record strait. :)