Kel'tskaya tsvetosimvolika, sushchestvuyushchaya v nastoyashchie dni na territorii Britanskikh ostrovov yavlyaetsya vazhnym kul'turnym komponentom britanskoy natsii poskol'ku v ney nakhodyat otrazhenie religioznye i mifologicheskie predstavleniya kel'tov. Ona sopryazhena s razlichnymi verovaniyami i obychayami kel'tskikh narodov, ch'i kul'turnye traditsii ukhodyat kornyami primerno v IV vek do nashey ery. V knige, napisannoy v lingvokul'turologicheskom rusle, raskryvaetsya kak kel'tskaya kul'tura pankhronicheski deystvuet v rechi sovremennykh britantsev i kak dazhe samye arkhaichnye ee plasty zhivut v soznanii sub"ektov yazyka i kul'tury.