Many Celtic symbols do indeed date back hundreds – if not thousands – of years. The graveyards of Ireland are filled with headstones made of Celtic crosses.

A young man would lovingly carve, from one piece of wood, a spoon with symbols like hearts, Celtic knots, horseshoes, and bells. He would present the spoon to the girl he wished to marry.

The Celtic cross has not vanished totally from use, however. There was a brief return to the cross for the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, to commemorate the club’s centenary, with that badge still ...

The excavation in the small French town of Creuzier-le-Neuf—once a crossroads for major Celtic tribes—covered 7,000 square feet and featured over 100 graves from the Second Iron Age.