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The Druids, incidentally, were real people - and were rather bright when push came to shove. When Saint Patrick turned up in Ireland the Druids, who could see what was happening, promptly told Saint Patrick that they had been expecting him, became Christians, and reinvented themselves as Bards - there are still Bards in Ireland today.

The only place I know of that even claims to have Druids is Wales - recently the Archbishop of Canterbury became a Druid (no, I am not joking, nor did I make that up).

Intriguingly, the Irish translation of the Gospels uses the word for "Druid" - draoithe - for the Magi who came to worship the new-born Christ. Did they really travel all the way from Ireland to Bethlehem?

Fr. Serge

Father,

Since the Bible tells us the Magi came from the 'east', your Druids must have taken the long way around!

Dear Father Serge,

The word 'magic' is no doubt related to Magi, and the word in Greek for witchcraft is mayia. Do you know the culture that is added to milk so that it will turn into yogurt is called mayia in Greek? I guess they considered it magic.

So the Magi were really magicians...no doubt 'druids' from Ireland.

Zenovia

That is funny!