Whats the story behind Hail Hail? why do we say it? and why do we spell bhoys with a silent h? cheers for the answers in advance.
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As far as being called The Bhoys, this is what I could find a few years ago when I was trying to figure it out.
Why are Celtic called the Bhoys? asks Dan Reid
"That's quite an old one", said Celtic's helpful press officer, who admitted he wasn't able to give a definitive answer to our question but would give it a good shot.
The first tangible bit of evidence the club have for their strange nickname is a postcard from the turn of the century which refers to the Celtic team of the time as "the bould bhoys" (sic). It is thought the extra letter in "boys" was added to phonetically represent the Irish pronunciation of the word, with a soft inflection of the h.
The writer of the postcard didn't coin the nickname as such – the team were known to many as the "bold boys" soon after the club was founded in 1888. But whoever the scribe was is widely credited with the unique spelling, and deserves the thanks of anyone who has had to write a back-page headline for a Glasgow newspaper in the past 100 years or so. Not to mention us. -
These are the explanations I've heard as well, especially the explanation in bold. I don't think anyone can actually provide a definite answer, although one of the answers above does seem likely.
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I think (as i dont know for defs) the common sense answer for hail hail would be the lisbon lions team when mcneil lifted the cup, big ceasar! Hail hail (ceasar) sounds like it to me.
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Cheers for the answers bhoys, I remember when I started getting into Celtic I use to called them the voys pronouncing the bh literally. I always thought it was strange until I found out it was just boys. Thinking on it with the Irish accent we do kind of put a h sound in there so it makes sense.
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Isn't it from an old American song
"Hail Hail, the gangs all here" from about the 1940's or maybe even earlier.
The tune of the song is the same as the one we would sing "Hail Hail the Celts are here".
That's the best explination I've heard of.Last edited by a moderator: Apr 5, 2011 -
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Hail, Hail was an early 1960's terrace chant that used, as its source the military marching song Hail, Hail, the gangs all here, What the deuce do we care, the song his sung to the tune of "Come friends who plough the sea" from the 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Pirates of Penzance.
From "The Celtic Miscellany" book, very good book btw lol hope that helped! -
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"Hail,hail!.....the Celts are here"....Isn't it from the song?The Celtic team sang it in the tunnel in Lisbon before they won the cup so it wouldn't have been because Caesar lifted it.?
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Dunno tbh but hail hail and Come on bhoys!!!!!
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I'm sure it was the Celtic song. Not hail hail.