Celts

Question 0

Where did the celts come from?

Answer 0

Central Europe

Question 1

When did the celts begin to control Europe ?

Answer 1

650 BC

Question 2

How do we know so much about the celts?

Answer 2

From the Greeks and Romans

Question 3

What is Ogham?

Answer 3

A type of alphabet which the celts used,where they cut a series of notches into the edge of a standing stone.

Question 4

Did the celts care about their appearance? Explain your answer.

Answer 4

Yes because they wore colourful clothes and dyed their hair blonde.
They were also fined if the bellies were showing

Question 5

What type of clothes did the celts wear?

Answer 5

The men wore woollen trousers called bracae and boots made from soft leather. The women wore long woollen dresses, fastened around the waist with a leather belt or buckle

Question 6

How do we know that the Celts were skilled Craftspeople?

Answer 6

Because they found a way to dye their hair and clothes

Question 7

What does rí mean?

Answer 7

The king

Question 8

What does tánaiste mean?

Answer 8

The successor

Question 9

Name four types of people that were part of the Aos Dána?

Answer 9

The Brehons(the judges), the Druids(the priests), filí (poets)and the crafts men

Question 10

What were the Brehons laws ?

Answer 10

Ancient laws that had been passed down generation by generation

Question 11

What important role did the filí and bards play in Celtic Society?

Answer 11

Training for 20 years to learn the history and legends of the celts by composing poetry and learning it off by heart

Question 12

What did the celts do which tells us that they were vicious warriors?

Answer 12

The chopped off the heads of their enemies and hung them from the necks of their horses and when they got home they nailed the head to their front door

Question 13

How important were women in the Celtic times?

Answer 13

Very important because they cooked, made the clothes and brought up the children.

Question 14

What is a rath or a ring fort?

Answer 14

A Celtic dwelling place

Question 15

Why are some ring forts called cashels?

Answer 15

Because they are made from stone

Question 16

What is as souterrain and what was it used for ?

Answer 16

An underground passage and it was used for keeping meat and other foods cold.

Question 17

How were crannógs built?

Answer 17

By dumping stones and mud in lakes and building them on top of that

Question 18

How did the crannóg offer protection?

Answer 18

Because it was built on water so no animals could get near them and you would need a boat if you were human

Question 19

What are promontory forts ?

Answer 19

They are hill forts that were built on the edges of cliffs

Question 20

Name 3 Celtic gods ?

Answer 20

Daghda the God of afterlife,lug the God of warriors and manannán Mac lir the sea God.

Question 21

What was the importance of the feast of Samhain?

Answer 21

That it marked the beginning of a new year.

Question 22

What was the importance of the feast of Imbolc?

Answer 22

It was St.brigids day celebrated on the 1st of February.

Question 23

What was the importance of the Bealtaine feast?

Answer 23

In hope that the harvest would be good this was the second most important feast.

Question 24

What was the importance of the Lughnasa feast?

Answer 24

Because the harvest was being lifted it was Celebrated on the first of August