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“It’s a sign of death, mmm…yes it is. For there was three swarms …

Memories of Charles Teare’s wonderful powers seem inexhaustible and there is no question …

More Manx folklore on cats… • I have heard of an old woman …

A few Manx words relating to family… MUMMIG – pron. mummig – mummy/mammy …

The chiollagh, or open hearth, is a feature of the old Manx farm …

Four years ago, in a terrific gale, a ship from Norway, the St. …

Excursion Notes following a Visit to South Barrule 20 August 1936: The name …

My Mother lying weak and spent Cried out to me her daughter — …

These two places – the former meaning the ‘great deceiving cross’ and the …

Whither away, little journeying west wind? Why do you laugh as you skip …

New Manx literature website with poetry, prose and plays from the Isle of …

We who have heard the fairies’ laughter peeling Through dim-lit hollows in the …

Promoting Isle of Man History, Folklore, Heritage and now with a new Gift Shop!