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.

Their badge is a striking four-leaf clover, a plant which Celtic (as in Celts, with a hard “K” sound, not the soft “S” of the club’s name) tradition believed to portend luck, mercy and ...

Celtic knots Here’s yet another symbol of Irish luck that will have a general familiarity but that few outside Ireland can truly explain. If you thought we were digging into ancient history with ...

Irish Cross, also called the Celtic Cross: It is believed that St. Columkille introduced this type of cross that is now seen not only in Ireland but also places where the Irish missionaries went.