The old fishermen of the Isle of Man have it to say that years and years ago the fish met to choose themselves a king for they had no deemster …
June 13, 2014
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In Viking times, the Danes were called ‘DHOO-GAEL’, that is black foreigners, while the Norwegians were called ‘FIN-GAEL,’ fair strangers. It has usually been supposed that this was a distinction …
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First it’s story… Above the entrance to Glen Roy, the West side of the Laxey valley is seamed with a series of small watercourses, beside each of which was perched …
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There is a little farm named Ellanbane, once the White Island set in a lake in Lezayre. In Elizabeth I’s last years it was the home of Huan Standish, whose …
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Time will change the fairest flower, Time will change the gayest bower, Time will waste the giant oak, Time will end all human hope. Time the palace walls erases, Time …
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In the old days Culain, the smith of the gods, was living in the Isle of Man. It was the time when Conchubar was at the court of the King …
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A wedding with none of the bride’s relatives in attendance was called a ‘Crow’s Wedding’ and there is the following rhyme: The little wedding of the crow Went over the …
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I’m near wore to a shadder, Miss Quilliam, Gerrin’ all them wans off yestiddy, Dhressed up in theer bes’, nate an’ tidy, For the Sundaa School Anniversary. For theer’s Grandaa …