"you probably think a wake is just another Irish piss up, a few beers around the corpse and an open coffin."
Thats exactly what is is in my experience.
"But amongst the Celts this ancient form of death-sharing lives on."
Celts wtf? We Irish are slightly more inbred that on the continent but the entire European population has been thoroughly blended for 100's of years. No-one is a Celt. No-one here would ever mention ancient demographic groups in reference to modern day events.
"you probably think a wake is just another Irish piss up, a few beers around the corpse and an open coffin."
Thats exactly what is is in my experience.
"But amongst the Celts this ancient form of death-sharing lives on."
Celts wtf? We Irish are slightly more inbred that on the continent but the entire European population has been thoroughly blended for 100's of years. No-one is a Celt. No-one here would ever mention ancient demographic groups in reference to modern day events.
Stopped reading after that.