Re: Celtic, semitic, etc.

At 02:50 PM 4/28/2000, Barry wrote:
[Ray scripsit:]
> > Oh - but Wiccan is of Germanic origin, surely.  Ireland was anciently the
> >land of Saints & Scholars.  And the modern Irish tend to be over-zealous
> >about their form of Christianity - either 'more Catholic than the Pope'
> >or,
> >donning bowler hats [darbies, I believed they're called in the US - the
> >things Laurel & Hardy wore] during the "Marching Season" (which begins on
> >Easter Monday), assert their Protestantism in all its 'purity'.
[...]
>hehe great post Ray ;). Oh and I think the spelling is Derby, but I prefer
>Bowler
Yes, pronounced /"dr=bi/ (r= being syllabic r).

Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo