Word: celtic
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...never ceases to amaze me that there are those who feel that they can ridicule the Folklore and Mythology department even though they have no clue what it does. Take, for example, Brad Edward White ("The Celtic Myth," Jan. 25, 1995). If Mr. White had actually read the course catalog, he would realize that the department currently offer no courses on fairy tales...
...this spring, "Intermediate Modern Irish" is supposedly available-for those who have already completed Celtic 132: "Modern Irish." The courses emphasize "pronunciation" and "conversation...
Imagine that. (I did.) "Please pass the boiled cabbage, mum...Not until you've finished your pint of Guinness, lad!" And, by the way, that's Celtic as in "Keltic...
Fearing I had missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime, I called the department for information. They assured me that undergraduates are not allowed to concentrate in Celtic-unless one creates a Special Concentration. How convenient...
...could make Celtic an emphasis within the Folklore and Mythology department. I'd certainly heard of that one. I always get a good chuckle. I imagined that "Folk'n Myth" concentrators must be given a special seminar on how to break the news to their parents. "We're spending a 100 grand so that you can read fairy tales!....Well, er, they're not really fairy tales and besides Harvard's got a great department...