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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 3953804" data-attributes="member: 463">Modern Wales, Scotland and Ireland are mostly Celtic.&nbsp; Scotland in particular was never crushed by the English.&nbsp; Now, east Scotland especially had a lot of Anglo-Saxon influence, but it's still primarily Celtic.&nbsp; Actually, genetically speaking even the English are more than half Celtic, certainly on female-line descent.I don't think there's really a good answer to your question, but maybe looking at differences between Celtic and (pretty closely related) Anglo-Germanic culture would help.&nbsp; Both are warrior cultures.&nbsp; Both value learning, the Celts somewhat more likely to hive it off to a priestly caste, but they also value individual verbal ability - tale telling, battle boasts, etc - somewhat more than the A-Gs.&nbsp; Both give high status to women compared to Mediterranean cultures, but Celts more than A-Gs.&nbsp; Celts are more hierarchical, A-Gs traditionally more democratic, but Celtic hierarchy is more merit-based than 'divine right'.&nbsp; Again, both are really more similar than different, when compared to mediterranean or near-eastern cultures.Edit: James Webb's &quot;Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish shaped America&quot; has some good insights into the Celtic temperament.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 3953804, member: 463"] Modern Wales, Scotland and Ireland are mostly Celtic. Scotland in particular was never crushed by the English. Now, east Scotland especially had a lot of Anglo-Saxon influence, but it's still primarily Celtic. Actually, genetically speaking even the English are more than half Celtic, certainly on female-line descent. I don't think there's really a good answer to your question, but maybe looking at differences between Celtic and (pretty closely related) Anglo-Germanic culture would help. Both are warrior cultures. Both value learning, the Celts somewhat more likely to hive it off to a priestly caste, but they also value individual verbal ability - tale telling, battle boasts, etc - somewhat more than the A-Gs. Both give high status to women compared to Mediterranean cultures, but Celts more than A-Gs. Celts are more hierarchical, A-Gs traditionally more democratic, but Celtic hierarchy is more merit-based than 'divine right'. Again, both are really more similar than different, when compared to mediterranean or near-eastern cultures. Edit: James Webb's "Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish shaped America" has some good insights into the Celtic temperament. [/QUOTE]

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