In the Isle of Man, white quartz pebbles were put into Bronze Age graves and this continued up to the 17th century. If rubbed together, even under water, they give …
June 14, 2014
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Glencrutchery, in the parish of Conchan on the Isle of Man, is the site of a Keeill and Burial Ground. Graves have been found and traces of cremation, showing that …
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There are three cairns, the top two are very obvious with their quartz stones on top, but there is a third lower cairn which is just a green patch. The …
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The third Wonder, the stone which moved at night and always returned to its chosen spot, is no longer in Onchan, but there are people still living in the village …
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To show you how nearly every person has a nick-name on the Isle of Man, a story is told of a Peel Coroner (legal official) who summoned four men in …
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On the Isle of Man, the Keimagh is a spirit supposed to haunt the stiles of graveyards and to guard the sacred resting places of the dead. (source: photo by …
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At a place near Peel, about sixty years ago (1850s), there was a young man came by his death, as many thought, through foul play. A certain house and people …
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The three moons in the fall of the year would be called: Re-Hollys Mooar yn Ouyr, the Harvest Moon to ripen corn; Re-Hollys mooar my Cabbil, The Great Moonshine Horse, …