Yeah bloomeries were the earliest type of iron smelting furnaces (it's in the name!) so I don't understand it either.

Anyone claiming the Romans invented iron is hardly worth debating history with in fairness.

I don't know how Karelians in Finland view themselves but please bear in mind that if Karelians are indigenous then ethnic Finns & Estonians could be considered indigenous too since they are broadly part of the same ethnic group. They all speak a closely related language, share mythology and folklore.

To answer your question, most Karelians live in Russia which is outside the EU. It also appears that Karelians have a Finnish identity - even in Russia they are taught Finnish in schools. https://minorityrights.org/minorities/karelians/

Same person - he's just called Marco Antonio in Italian and Spanish.

Special Training Operation.

Although I'd like to mention that neutrality simply means we do not sign defensive pacts or join allegiances. This allows us to decide how to react to each war on a case by case basis.

In fairness, most European writers in the past paid little to no attention to folk beliefs or practices until the 16th century.

References to guising in the 1500s (not 1700s) may only be the first written reference - it does not tell us when the practice actually began.

Lastly, traditions can have more than one origin - they are often accumulated blends from multiple backgrounds. For example we know Christmas is obviously Christian and yet Christmas Trees are not.

Halloween's Celticity is highly romanticised and likely exaggerated but not entirely without basis.

>We know farming came sooner to Ireland than Britain, but that's just what we've found yet.

Really? I'd have assumed the other way around..