It will be simplest for us to call them all
Celts and to divide them into two families, the Gaels and the Cymry.
It strikes me, however, that among your Australian friends may be someone who wishes to make a settlement in the Old Country, and would care to fix the spot in one of the most historic regions in England, full of romance and legend, and with a never-ending vista of historical interest--an estate which, though small, is in perfect condition and with illimitable possibilities of development, and many doubtful--or unsettled-- rights which have existed before the time of the Romans or even
Celts, who were the original possessors.
So that in such a state riches will necessarily be in general esteem, particularly if the men are governed by their wives, which has been the case with many a brave and warlike people except the
Celts, and those other nations, if there are any such, who openly practise pederasty.
We find the "standing stones" of the
Celts in Asian Siberia; in the pampas of America.
There is no stronger case than that of the wild, unworldly and perishing stock which we commonly call the
Celts, of whom your friends the MacNabs are specimens.
The Celt in all his variants from Builth to Ballyhoo, His mental processes are plain--one knows what he will do, And can logically predicate his finish by his start: But the English--ah, the English!--they are quite a race apart.
And while the Celt is talking from Valencia to Kirkwall, The English--ah, the English!--don't say anything at all!
"A glance at our friend here reveals the rounded head of the
Celt, which carries inside it the Celtic enthusiasm and power of attachment.
In other ways after my father, the blue-eyed
Celt with the fairy song on his tongue and the restless feet that stole the rest of him away to far-wandering.
It is now many years that men have resorted to the forest for fuel and the materials of the arts: the New Englander and the New Hollander, the Parisian and the
Celt, the farmer and Robin Hood, Goody Blake and Harry Gill; in most parts of the world the prince and the peasant, the scholar and the savage, equally require still a few sticks from the forest to warm them and cook their food.
But the coal-black
Celt with the second-sight did not see fit to reply till he had tapped Dan on the shoulder, and for the twentieth time croaked the old, old prophecy in his ear:
The league standings are based on aggregated points accrued from finishing positions in four regional tournaments, and the Arabian
Celts have more than earned their spot having won three and finished runners-up in the other.