Fairy Tales Archives - As Manx as the Hills

Ned Quayle’s Story of the Fairy Pig

December 1, 2023 2.1K views

When I was a little boy, we lived over by …

The Good People’s Fair

June 17, 2020 5.2K views

You must know that once in every hundred years the …

The Fairy Doctor

January 29, 2020 4.4K views

The shoemakers and tailors and chance spinners used to go …

The Buggane of The Smelt

September 17, 2018 2.8K views

There was once a Buggane living at The Smelt that …

Manx Fairytale – The Boyhood of Lugh

April 2, 2016 3K views

Long centuries ago, when Manannan Mac Lir was ruling in …

The Witch of Slieu Whallian

January 23, 2016 4.3K views

It was Midsummer Day, and the Peel Herring Fleet, with …

Manannan’s Weather

October 14, 2015 2K views

When Juan Quirk was a bit of a boy, nothing …

Twisting the Rope

September 21, 2015 2.4K views

Many a long year ago there was a young farmer …

Tehi-Tegi the Enchantress

July 10, 2014 2.8K views

“With lips of rosy hue, Dipp’d five times over in …

The Ballad of Manannan beg mac y Leirr

July 4, 2014 1.7K views

(Little Manannan, son of Leir) Little Manannan was the son …

The Cormorant and The Bat

June 30, 2014 1.8K views

There was a time in the olden days when the …

The Wisest Living Creature

June 14, 2014 1.7K views

And then there was the Miller’s Cat who seems to …

The Wonderful Goat of Laxey

June 13, 2014 1.7K views

There was once an old woman living in Laxey Valley …

How the Herring Became ‘King of the Sea’

June 13, 2014 2K views

The old fishermen of the Isle of Man have it …

Teeval, Princess of the Ocean

June 13, 2014 2.1K views

In the old days Culain, the smith of the gods, …

The Island

June 13, 2014 1.5K views

When Paie Cregeen married Gorry Karran in Rushen Church she …

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