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The Manx Dairy

October 24, 2024 2.2K views

Even the poorest of people tried to keep a cow …

The Work of Women & Children

October 15, 2024 2.1K views

There were differences between women’s work on the crofts and …

Manx Country Homes c.1700-1900

October 4, 2024 2.1K views

We have two descriptions of Manx homes in the early …

Nelly Brennan – the Island’s Florence Nightingale

September 23, 2024 2.3K views

Eleanor Brennan (always known as Nelly), was born in Douglas …

A few more Manx Dialect Words & Phrases

September 21, 2024 2.3K views

Rummaging through W Walter Gill’s ‘Manx Dialect Words & Phrases‘ …

Some Words from Cregeen’s Manks Language Dictionary

September 18, 2024 2.3K views

I found an old file I created some years ago …

Traa-dy-Lhooiar

September 17, 2024 2.4K views

I am a true-born Manxman, an’ I like the good …

Old Calendar Customs of the Isle of Man

August 25, 2024 3.9K views

Manx folklore is a curious mixture of that of various …

The Dungeon of St German’s Cathedral 1600-1800

March 26, 2024 2.7K views

Profanation on the Sabbath was one of the commonest offences …

The Fairies | Anglo-Manx Dialect from 1905

December 8, 2023 3.2K views

⬥Did you avar heer the lek of yandhar? Whey, they …

Port Erin 1860s

April 10, 2022 5.5K views

Below is the final chapter from Lancashire Sketches (third edition) …

Rhullick ny Quakeryn

May 7, 2021 7.2K views

We first hear of the Quakers (aka Society of Friends) …

Anglo-Manx Dialect

February 15, 2021 5.9K views

Some entries from A Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect (1924) …

Laa Luanys

August 1, 2020 4.7K views

Happy Laa Luanys. It’s that time of the year …

Thie Ferrishyn – The Fairies’ House

July 2, 2020 7K views

Thie Ferrishyn was the name sometimes given to what was …

Around the Manx Farmyard

May 28, 2020 8.4K views

The Manx farmyard was known as ‘the Street’ and around …

School Day Memories

May 9, 2020 4.8K views

I went to Patrick school where there were two classes …

Chibbyr Baltane Holy Well

April 30, 2020 4.7K views

This important well was visited by our ancestors for healing …

May 1 – Laa Boaldyn

April 28, 2020 6.6K views

In the Old Style calendar this day was celebrated on …

Childhood Memories Between the Wars

April 21, 2020 4.7K views

It is difficult for people living in today’s world, with …

Manx Wild Flowers

April 13, 2020 6.2K views

Not everybody liked the flowers of the country side. My …

A Manx Sea Charm

April 11, 2020 4.5K views

Published in 1913 in volume I of Mannin and contributed …

The Fairy Woman

February 14, 2020 5K views

There used to be a wise old woman living near …

Free Downloads – Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

February 14, 2020 6.3K views

FREE DOWNLOADS from the Centre for the Study of the …

Knock Y Dooney Ship Burial

February 6, 2020 5.8K views

In 1927 PMC Kermode examined a tumulus on Smeale …

Manx Gaelic Phrasebook – 26,000 Examples

January 25, 2020 17.8K views

The following is from the archived Gaelg website and will …

The Althing: The Greatest Gift of the Vikings

January 13, 2020 5.7K views

Tynwald is the greatest monument that the Norsemen have left …

Stang Riding, Níðings (Nithings) & Níðstang

January 11, 2020 11.7K views

In older times on the Isle of Man, for the …

The Isle of Man from around 8000 BCE

January 3, 2020 4.5K views

Rising water levels cut off the Isle of Man from …

The Number Nine in Manx Folklore

December 29, 2019 5.3K views

Odd numbers belong to the gods above, even numbers to …

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