Celts

The peculiar objects called celts, and the weapons and domestic utensils of this or an earlier period, are a subject of scarcely less interest. ❋ Mary Frances Cusack (1864)

Among the monuments of the stone period, which immediately preceded that of bronze, the polished hatchets called celts are abundant, and were in very general use in Europe before metallic tools were introduced. ❋ Charles Lyell (1836)

The two prevailing forms of these tools are represented in the annexed Figures 8 and 9, each of which are half the size of the originals; the first being the spear-headed form, varying in length from six to eight inches; the second, the oval form, which is not unlike some stone implements, used to this day as hatchets and tomahawks by natives of Australia, but with this difference, that the edge in the Australian weapons (as in the case of those called celts in Europe) has been produced by friction, whereas the cutting edge in the old tools of the valley of the Somme was always gained by the simple fracture of the flint, and by the repetition of many dexterous blows. ❋ Charles Lyell (1836)

Glass cases are filled with carved stone masks and small figurines (usually tomb finds), carefully carved in minerals like jadeite and greenstone, as well as dozens of elongated ovoid polished ritual axes called " celts " (bloodletting was practiced, but not with these), as meticulously positioned in the cases as they were in the tombs. ❋ David Littlejohn (2010)

I said that a forger, anxious to fake a Neolithic site, "would, of course, drop in a few Neolithic arrow-heads, 'celts' and so forth," meaning genuine objects, very easily to be procured for money. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

Over this, in a higher bed of alluvium, were several polished hatchets of the more modern type called "celts," and above all loam or cave-mud, in which were ❋ Charles Lyell (1836)

No intermixture has been observed in those ancient river beds of any of the polished weapons, called "celts," or other relics of the more modern times, or of the second or Recent stone period, nor any interstratified peat; and the climate of those Pleistocene ages, when Man was a denizen of the north-west of France and of southern and central England, appears to have been much more severe in winter than it is now in the same region, though far less cold than in the glacial period which immediately preceded. ❋ Charles Lyell (1836)

It appears to be conceded that these "celts" or stone knives are artificial productions, and of the age of the mammoth, the fossil rhinoceros, etc.] ❋ Various (N/A)

# Davidon 31 Mar 2009 at 5: 45 am thats cool thanks lol i will try with the next part im doing some research first for more creachers from the celts mythoagy and others as well ❋ Unknown (2009)

If I had to chose a single exhibit to convey the mystery and power of this exhibition, it would be a group of 15 bald, high-headed jadeite and serpentine male figurines seven inches tall, all facing a leader-spokesman made of granite — one thinks of Christ and his apostles — who stands against a fence made of six 10-inch-long celts carved of serpentine. ❋ David Littlejohn (2010)

Racially The indiginous peoples of Northern Europe who include celts, Saxons and Normans are ethnically of the same race. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Guerin gained her place at the BBC when celts were the then fashion accessory as journalists - shortly before the fashionistas at the BBC turned to Asians/Muslims - who now dominate most news reports. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sea, earth, and sky made up the world for ancient celts, whose mythologies were rife with triplicities. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Hi Gail, that sounds like great fun, dancing for the solstice, some of us are celts as well. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From information I've gleaned on the web on this issue has revealed the DNA tests done on the mummies shows they are of celtic origin, as well as the textile in the grave goods is identical to western European celts. ❋ Jan (2008)

The celts had their version of it called the warp spasm. its awesome. king arthur was supposidly supposed to be able to warp! ❋ MANDREWS (2008)

Oh yes the old celts will be shaking in their boots when England awakes and....well strike probably or whinge about something or other. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It certainly makes a cute hook to hang a story on, and pushes a lot of buttons - exotic 'descent', Ancient Egypt, Irish celts, a bit of feminism, etc. ❋ Carla (2007)

Many of the reviews I've read of Steph Swainston's The Year of Our War, for instance, seem to content themselves with patting Swainston on the back for not trotting out the old elves and celts stuff and avoid a real discussion of the book on its own merits. ❋ Unknown (2005)