CELTIC MISCELLANIES

by Tom Crotty

• St. David (Dewi Sant), the patron saint of wales, was baptized by a sixth century bishop of munster named Elvis. Elvis was also David's cousin (from St David of Dewisland by Nona Rees). The welsh mountains from which the bluestones for stonehenge were quarried are the Prescelly mountains. Was Elvis (Presley) a Celt?

• Glastonbury, a town in the west of England that is steeped in Arthurian legend, derives its name from the Old Celtic 'glasto' meaning 'a place where the woad grows' (from Flora Brittanica by Richard Mabrey).

• The Irish word for 'Celt' is Ceilteach with the initial 'c' capitalized. With the 'c' lower case, the word means 'secretive or witholding' (from Focloir Poca).

• Knoxville, where the CRA was founded, derives its name from the Irish or Gaelic word 'cnoc" meaning 'a hill'. As anyone who lives here can tell you, it is an apt name.