It was plain to see what charm such traits possessed for her who recorded them, and how in her old celtic blood ran the strong current of delight in all that pertained to the adventurous and the wild.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
His boat-shaped harp of thirteen strings was tuned in minor thirds, so you could readily pick out celtic tunes on it.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
The celtic blood of its older inhabitants, while making them akin to the Welsh and Irish, cuts them off from the Saxons, whom so often and so heartily in the old days they fought.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton