On the Isle of Man every ditch had to be full of rain or snow on St Bridget’s Day so that the old Caillagh, or hag, could not gather brasnags …
manx life
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Enter Cutlar Mac Culloch, a powerful rover from Galloway who made repeated excursions into the northern parts of the Isle of Man around 1507. He would carry off all that …
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This is said to be the bitterest curse in the Manx language: “The stone of the church in the corner of thy house” (Clagh ny killagh ayns corneil dty hie). …
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The curse and ritual of the Skeab Lome (Besom of Destruction) does not appear to have an exact parallel in any other nation’s folklore, though the association of the broom …
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As Laa’l Breeshey (St Bridget’s Day) approaches on 1st February, here is a Manx Folksong to St Bridget called ‘Vreeshey, Vreeshey’. ♫ Vreeshey, Vreeshey, tar gys my hie, tar gys …
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In the 1920s a number of strange reddish lights were reported, two and sometimes three at once, moving about a man’s garden adjoining the Claddagh, “as big as the rear …
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The incubation period of cholera can be as short as a few hours, the time it takes for the ingested vibrio cholera to get to its natural habitat, the human …
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Mention the word ‘cycling’ and ‘Isle of Man’, and many people will automatically think of Mark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh, two modern day sportsmen who have achieved amazing success to …