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FAIRIES – “The fairies are baking,” is said of a sunshine-shower. The old …
The old fishermen of the Isle of Man have it to say that …
In Viking times, the Danes were called ‘DHOO-GAEL’, that is black foreigners, while …
There is a little farm named Ellanbane, once the White Island set in …
Time will change the fairest flower, Time will change the gayest bower, Time …
In the old days Culain, the smith of the gods, was living in …
A wedding with none of the bride’s relatives in attendance was called a …
I’m near wore to a shadder, Miss Quilliam, Gerrin’ all them wans off …
From ‘A HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN’ by Joseph Train (1844): A …
When Paie Cregeen married Gorry Karran in Rushen Church she thought she was …
The Moddey Dhoo is a black hound in Manx folklore that reputedly haunts …