What is an Irish Fae?

The fairies are a secretive people who are blamed by the local Irish for many things which they cannot explain. As a result, the fairies like to be left alone and it is considered bad luck to disturb a fairy bower or a Lone Bush.

What is a Shee?

—The pagan Irish worshipped the side [shee], i.e. the earth-gods, or fairies, or elves. These side are closely mixed up with the mythical race called Dedannans, to whom the great majority of the fairy gods belonged. And shee, as meaning a fairy, is perfectly understood still.

Is Celtic pronounced with a hard or soft C?

Celtic refers to Irish culture and heritage, along with the historical people who migrated from the British Isles throughout much of Europe. While the early pronunciation was with an /s/ sound, reflecting its nearest origin in French, the modern standard is a hard “c” sound like /k/.

How do you pronounce Tuatha D Danann?

Tuatha de Danann (pronounced Thoo-a day Du-non) is translated as ‘tribe of Danu.

Is it pronounced Seltic or Keltic?

Celtic had a soft c, like “Seltic,” in Celtic Football Club, and a hard c, like “Keltic,” elsewhere—Celtic mythology, Celtic music, The Celts. I wondered about the discrepancy but didn’t figure it out until later. Celtic pronounced “Keltic” is an outlier in English phonology.

Why do they pronounce Celtics wrong?

Although the word originated in an early Continental Celtic language, it came to English via Greek (Keltoi), where it is spelled with a kappa; thus /k/ is the original pronunciation. Thus /s/ is the inherited pronunciation in English for these words.

Why are the Boston Celtics called that?

But Brown wanted Celtics, explaining, “”The name has a great basketball tradition from the old Original Celtics in New York (1914-1939). And Boston is full of Irishmen.

What place are the Boston Celtics in?

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	CONF
4 ATLANTA HAWKS ATL	38	22-18
5 MIAMI HEAT MIA	38	22-17
6 NEW YORK KNICKS NYK	38	23-17
7 BOSTON CELTICS BOS	35	20-20

Who is Celtics captain?

Rajon Rondo

Does Danny Ainge own the Celtics?

Danny Ainge is the Celtics President of Basketball Operations. He was named to the position on May 9, 2003. During his 14-year playing career, Ainge won two World Championships with Boston (1984, 1986) and appeared in six NBA Finals (four with Boston).