“In the yeere 1066, Godredus Crovan gathered a fleete of ships, and sailed unto Man, and giving battell unto the people of the countrey, was vanquished and put to flight. …
July 2014
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The practice of letting a goat accompany flocks and herds at pasture was favoured in the Isle of Man. It is said to be followed still on a few farms. …
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Once upon a time there landed at the Lhane river a number of Danes, who took possession of that part of the Island. Amongst them was a huge monster of …
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• Before 1594, when it was forbidden by Statue, it was customary to carry bells and banners before the dead. • There were formerly crosses on the roads leading to …
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The following story was told last year by a man who is now living: “One morning as he was returning from courting – courting it should be mentioned was, and …
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A woman whom I knew in Ramsey, Mrs. C., practiced for her own benefit, and for others without payment, a method which is employed in England also. She melted lead …
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The importance attributed to keeping the Manx home-fires burning reappears in the apocryphal “law” believed to regulate squatters on other men’s land. If, after sufficient materials for four walls and …
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