Re: Druids (actually Re: Romans)

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From: Rod Williams
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1985 17:53

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In article <2234@reed.UUCP> ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades) writes:
>Druids were priests of certain Celtish and Pictish peoples of
>the British Isles (and possibly also Brittany) prior to
>the Roman conquest of the islands circa A.D. 400 (?) ...
                           ^^^^^^^

 The Romans never made it to Ireland. We were always taught at school
 that the wimps were so afraid of the ferocious Irish warriors that
 they reluctantly contented themselves with equally-wimpy England.
 Alas, this older and wiser Irish warrior suspects that Hibernia was
 not considered worth the trip (:-()
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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.celts
Subject: Re: Druids (actually Re: Romans)
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 12:53:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 12:53:59 1985
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