The constitutional framework of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles set up by Godred Crovan in 1079 was seriously impaired by his grand-daughter’s husband Somerled, less than a century…
There used to be a wise old woman living near St. John’s on the Isle of Man, who was making charms against witchcraft, and curing many things with herbs and…
Phynodderee/Fenodyree is sometimes used as a proper name and sometimes as the name of a class of beings, the latter of which is a hairy little creature, a sort of…
Not everybody liked the flowers of the country side. My father, like many farmers, regarded some wild flowers as weeds and detrimental to his crops so they had to be…
I love my little Isle, I do. Its purple heathers, its sea of blue. Its hills of green its mellow sands, its ancient bones its hallowed lands. © Bernadette Weyde;…
I went to Patrick school where there were two classes – an Infants’ class and a Junior one. I was in the Infants’ class together with about 20 other children…
Lovely video by Culture Vannin on the rediscovery of Chibbyr Baltane in the parish of Rushen! This important well was visited by our ancestors for healing through the centuries but…
Boaldyn is almost here and the Manx custom of annually replacing your Crosh Cuirn to protect your home is nearly upon us. If you are a Christian perhaps you might…
In the Old Style calendar this day was celebrated on May 12 and was called Shenn Laa Boaldyn, Old May Day. Boaldyn, known as ‘Bealtaine‘ in Ireland and ‘Bealltainn‘ in…
It is difficult for people living in today’s world, with the generous Social Services system, to imagine the hardships of earlier days among the population – let me tell you…
I love my little Isle, I do. Its purple heathers, its sea of blue. Its hills of green its mellow sands, its ancient bones its hallowed lands. © Bernadette Weyde;…
Not everybody liked the flowers of the country side. My father, like many farmers, regarded some wild flowers as weeds and detrimental to his crops so they had to be…
Published in 1913 in volume I of Mannin and contributed by ‘Cushag‘, this charm appears to have been collected from Kirk Bride: “The people was goin’ down to the sea…
