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One of the greatest masters of English literature, George Henry Borrow, visited Man …
‘The Deemsters were always officers of great dignity. They were not only the …
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Eighty-five I’ll be me nex’ birthday, Ay! – Eighty-five nex’ Tynwal’ Fair Day. …
I was born in 1908 at Hillberry in Onchan. My father worked on …
Born in 1841, Daniel Clarke came off old Manx stock, and his family …
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Some Manx idioms and phrases courtesy of W Walter Gill from his book …
Ay! theer’s me on me way to the churchyard With the daffodils gripped …
It is during the earlier part of this obscure period (918-947) that tradition …