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Thread #50903   Message #773765
Posted By: pavane
29-Aug-02 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
Subject: RE: Help: Is Folk music in England Celtic?
To return to a previous point, here is a link to the 'Barking' version of Black Velvet Band, in the Bodleian Ballad library

Black velvet band

I had always understood that the Celts were named after a distinctive type of axe found at their sites, and by their language which has left traces in placenames throughout Europe.