mcmoo,
In my post I was attempting to say that paddymac's term didn't match his definition.
My views on the mis-use and over-use of Celtic as a classification for music are strongly with those who would see it abolished. Re-reading my above post I can see that you might well think otherwise.
I use the word when needed as an ethnic sub-descriptor e.g. Scots-celtic, as by no means all Scottish songs and music are celtic.

Getting back to the original post as far as I can see the only classification for the (cross-cultural) Child Ballads is, erm... Child Ballads.
Sad but true.

AndyG