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Even the poorest of people tried to keep a cow to supply them …

There were differences between women’s work on the crofts and small farms, and …

We have two descriptions of Manx homes in the early 18th century, one …

Eleanor Brennan (always known as Nelly), was born in Douglas in humble circumstances …

Rummaging through W Walter Gill’s ‘Manx Dialect Words & Phrases‘ (1934) this morning.  …

I found an old file I created some years ago where I had …

I am a true-born Manxman, an’ I like the good oul’ style, I’m …

Manx folklore is a curious mixture of that of various races.  The population, …

Lovely time wandering around the fair field and as ever, meeting people (even …

Profanation on the Sabbath was one of the commonest offences and the breaches …

⬥Did you avar heer the lek of yandhar? Whey, they say they’re are …

Farming has been in the blood of my ancestors for generations of Kellys …

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