From Seymoure: Life is a gift, to waste it is the greatest sin. Do what you do, prepare as you can, and then move on. Worry never adds. I used to tell the story of the two monks who are walking down a country road when they come upon a river. Suddenly a beautiful naked […]
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New Kilt Wearers’ Tips
From the Celtic History Newsletter: Last month I said I was going to continue my discussion of Celtic crosses, but with summer here and the Highland games / Renaissance fair / reenactment season here I thought it would be a good time write something lighter and to share a few tips for people who are […]
Celtic/Market Crosses
Vicrtorian writers often assumed that stone market crosses in many villages in the British Isles were replacements for the original wooden crosses erected by saints and priests in the early days of Christianity. But in the early 20th century a man named John Irwin pointed out that as early amateur archaeologists began exploring the remoter […]
Irish Megalithic Tombs
From the Celtic History Newsletter: Last month I said that one of the more notable changes started by the early Irish farming culture was in the burial of their dead. There is little surviving evidence of burial customs among the earlier hunter-gatherer peoples of Ireland, but starting around 4000 BC we see the first funerary […]
Settlement of Ireland
From the Celtic History Newsletter: It was about 11 thousand years ago that the last Ice Age started coming to a close, and the bare of Ireland was colonized quickly by plant species such as grasses, dock and meadowsweet, followed by juniper, willow, birch and hazel. It was about 10,000 years ago that the first […]
More St. Patrick’s Day Quotes
See! I told you I would post some more St. Patrick’s Day quotations. Sure, it took me longer than I had expected, but hey! You take what you can get. The St. Patrick’s Day Party is just beginning too! Five more days until my St. Paddy’s Day birthday. “Half a loaf of bread is better […]
St. Patrick’s Day Songs
Well, I already mentioned a bunch of St. Patrick’s Day lyrics, but I thought I’d still specify that there are a lot of great St. Patrick’s Day songs. These are some of my favorite Irish songs to sing, As well as just some of the popular Irish songs to sing by others. I’m sure I’m […]
St Patrick’s Day Quotations
St. Patrick’s Day is getting closer. So I’ve been reading more about this Irish holiday of holidays. It’s funny looking at most of the articles about St. Patrick’s Day. Most of them are all shamrocks and leprechauns and green beer. It’s seen as time to dress green and get drunk. While I guess I’m not […]
Tartan Day
From the Celtic History Newsletter: I was planning on talking more about the earliest inhabitants of Ireland this month, but I’m moving that to next month. Since Tartan Day is coming up April 7th I decided to take a quick look at this new holiday to give people a little time to learn about, or […]
C. Wayne Owens: A True Renaissance Man
by Karen J. Brady When it comes to accomplishments, C. Wayne Owens, 56, known to many as Seymoure, has a lifetime of them. “This man is, at his core, an entertainer,” said Jesse Slicer, Owens’ son-in-law. “Never have I known someone personally who was so immersed in the entertainment arts. He’s always one of those […]
