Category Archives: BRITAIN

The Celts

When most Americans think of Celts, they think of basketball players in Boston. Everyone else in the world knows that the Celts were an early tribal people who dominated the British Isles before the arrival of the Romans. Several hundred … Continue reading

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DOWRIES & KNOTS

Five hundred years ago, most people died within twenty-five miles of their birthplace.  In those days, men and women awakened with the dawn and retired with the dusk.  At night they slept and made babies.  In the daytime, they pursued … Continue reading

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