Once upon a time a young man was coming home from Derbyhaven. He was staying in Glashen, and was coming up past Ballahick, when he heard great singing and dancing …
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The last sod-house on the Island is said to have been one which stood on Skyhill and was inhabited by a family named Ribbat (Redpath); it was built on the …
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Not so many years ago a farmer’s son in the parish of Andreas, was taken away by the Fairies and was lost for four years. One day, as his two …
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The man that was telling this story said he knew the house and the young men as well, and that the house was haunted by the fairies. There was one …
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Fairies are very light and I suppose the strong winds have blown them away, as they are not allowed to come into the houses in stormy weather as they used …
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One day this winter we had no bread for tea at Orry’s Dale. On inquiring the reason the next time the baker’s cart came, the boy who drove it said …
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The Isle of man is full of Fairy lore. A good Manxman does not speak of fairies — the word ‘ferrish’, a corruption of the English, did not exist in …
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On the Isle of Man, the Keimagh is a spirit supposed to haunt the stiles of graveyards and to guard the sacred resting places of the dead. (source: photo by …