charms Archives - As Manx as the Hills

April 11, 2020 5.1K views

Published in 1913 in volume I of Mannin and contributed …

February 14, 2020 5.8K views

There used to be a wise old woman living near …

December 29, 2019 5.9K views

Between Fleshwick Bay and Bradda Head there is a ‘Castle’ …

June 11, 2016 7K views

These two charms, the Crosh Bollan (fig. 1), and Thor’s …

January 27, 2016 5.7K views

“O Manannan, Lord of the stormy headlands, Cast thy mantle …

October 22, 2015 5.6K views

Cut by the light of the new moon by a …

March 22, 2015 7.4K views

Memories of Charles Teare’s wonderful powers seem inexhaustible and there …

June 30, 2014 4.5K views

No person could practice the Black Art or any necromancy …

June 13, 2014 4.2K views

In the rugged matrix of George Quarrie’s uncollected verses lurks …

February 15, 2014 3.5K views

Newly-married women were sometimes “buitched ” (bewitched) by the jealousy …