Word: celtics
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...monk Dionysus Exiguus created our calendar system by putting a date on Jesus' birth, and many people have still not yet agreed on the details. Think of the old dispute in Northumbria over the correct date of Easter: Starting in the year 627, as the Venerable Bede records, the Celtic and Roman traditions provided two different dates for Easter, and the Northumbrians were left to celebrate Easter twice a year. The queen fasted on a different day than the king; all was chaos and confusion. Eventually, the two competing dates could be reconciled, but only after monks from Italy...
...Irish history, Celtic mythology and cats," says Louisa Solano, president of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop. A meaningful gesture in a small package...
...Harvard Law School professor has joined civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton to defend a rap group implicated in the Sept. 25 stabbing of Boston Celtic Paul Pierce...
Mixing classic rock sounds with an ever-present Celtic hook, the Young Dub's fourth album, Red, does kick some serious booty. In a music industry where the word "eclectic" is becoming re-defined as the alternate use of the words "baby" and "ain't," the Young Dubs not only (gasp!) play their own instruments, but prove just what it should mean to be eclectic as they alternate from laid-back chill rock like the title track to the get-down-in-the-"jig pit" (the Dubs' version of a mosh pit) of "What Do You Want From...
Originally hailing from Dublin, these boys even throw in an impressive cover of the Waterboys classic "Fisherman's Blues." Watch out, though-if you're looking forward to the familiar struggle to understand the Waterboys' lyrics, you'll be disappointed. Songs such as "Bodhran" (named for a traditional Celtic drum and pronounced "bo-ran") hint at just how amazing and fun a live band the Young Dubs must be. Baby, the Young Dubs ain't no Britney, but, then again, that's a good thing...