The Isle of man is full of Fairy lore. A good Manxman does not speak of fairies — the word ‘ferrish’, a corruption of the English, did not exist in …
June 14, 2014
-
-
There was a curious belief that the cats of the Isle of Man had a king of their own who lived as an ordinary house-cat during the day but at …
-
And then there was the Miller’s Cat who seems to have had the power of human speech. By some mischance the Miller had put himself in the power of a …
-
The Isle of Man was known to the authors of the Old Irish sagas by several names: Inis Falga, the Noble Isle; Eamhain Abhlach, the Happy Place of Apple trees …
-
Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century who is traditionally attributed with the authorship of the ‘Historia Brittonum’, the History of the Britons. This is a purported history …
-
A talking mongoose in the 1930s received extensive press coverage, attracted ghost-busters, psychic investigators and numerous reporters, and provoked a sensational court action for libel. In September 1931 Gef (pronounced …
-
Rather unexpectedly both the second and third Wonders are associated traditionally with the parish of Onchan. Castle Rushen claims within its walls a well which rises and falls with the …
-
A Blessing on Ellan Vannin from a Scottish Gael Ellan Vannin, bannaght ort – Er dagh ooilley thie as cooyrt, Er dagh ooilley fer as ben, Er dagh ooilley bab …