Celtic Stencil F “Green Be Your Woods”
Celtic Symbols and Language 
A Granite Bay Design Microsite
“…green be your woods…”
ANCIENT CELTIC POETRY*
A bhruachan, uilld ‘s a thulaichean,
Mu chaisteal Ionar-Iochaidh!
Gur taitneach leam ur sruthanan,
‘S ur bruthaichean fo neoinean!
Mu ‘r cuairt biodh samhradh luiseanach
A’ tuineachadh ‘an conaigh!
Oir’s ann a ghabh mi cead gu brath v
De m’ Mhairi aluinn bhoidhich!
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Ye banks, and braes, and streams around
The castle 0 ‘ Montgomery,
Green be your woods, and fair your flowers,
Your waters never drumlie!
There Simmer flrst unfald her robes,
And there the langest tarry:
For there I took the last Fareweel
0′ my sweet Highland Mary.
* An excerpt from a longer poem. Stencils are rendered by Dutch artist Co Sinhoven and are his modern interpretation of “The Book of Kells.” All of this artwork is in the public domain. Learn more about the artist here.
