>> PS -- they are a bit presumptious calling it "Brigit's
Iles" however;
>I
>> believe that Brit or British is a corruption (over time and language
>changes)
>> from Pict, the peoples of the ancient No. England. The ones that wore
>woad
>> and kicked Roman ass pretty good. They were Celts, you could tell by
>the bag
>> pipes, but not Brythonnic Celts (as in Brittany), related to the Celts
>of
>> Cornwall. Brigid is Irish, and pretty local.  L.
>
>LOL.  Glad you called it... saved me the work... 
>
>darkelf, who thrives on picking nits like this... 
>
>I agree that Britain, Brittany, Breton, etc came from Pict, but I'm not
>sure Brigid is only Irish and local.
>Bride, Bridget, Birgitta, Brigette, etc are fairly common throughout
>Celtic/Teutonic societies. I'm pretty sure I learned the name came from
>the Celtic/Teutonic (of which Picts, Scots, Irish, and Cornishmen were
>branches) goddess of life
>
>Laurie can't remember exactly, and don't remember which references to
>look up Phoenix

I can give you a few. This stuff is the Wine of Life to me.  The Goddess of (at
least modern) Brittian is, of course, Brigantia. A Latinization of Britain --
as in Britannia rule the waves... Bridget has many faces in Celtic cultue, but
according to the archeologists, her main ares are in Giodelic Celtic regions,
and she is about fire, smithcraft and the healing arts. She has a day, Feb. 2,
and was assumed into St. Bridget in early medieval times. I could go on -- but
Glasonbury Tor is part of Old England f boththe Celtic peoples and the later
Saxons.  Imortant to history for a number of reasons.  Nice to see Pagans in
Britain getting organized to make a shrine. I'd like to visit someday. Lezlie 
>

--- Rachel's Little NET2FIDO Gate v 0.9.9.8 Alpha