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Traa-dy-Lhooiar

September 17, 2024 21 views

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

Old Calendar Customs of the Isle of Man

August 25, 2024 253 views

Manx folklore is a curious mixture of that of various …

The Dungeon of St German’s Cathedral 1600-1800

March 26, 2024 1.1K views

Profanation on the Sabbath was one of the commonest offences …

The Fairies | Anglo-Manx Dialect from 1905

December 8, 2023 1.7K views

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

Port Erin 1860s

April 10, 2022 3.8K views

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

Rhullick ny Quakeryn

May 7, 2021 5.7K views

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

Anglo-Manx Dialect

February 15, 2021 4.3K views

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

Laa Luanys

August 1, 2020 3.1K views

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

Thie Ferrishyn – The Fairies’ House

July 2, 2020 5.5K views

Thie Ferrishyn was the name sometimes given to what was …

Around the Manx Farmyard

May 28, 2020 4.4K views

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

School Day Memories

May 9, 2020 3.1K views

I went to Patrick school where there were two classes …

Chibbyr Baltane Holy Well

April 30, 2020 3.2K views

This important well was visited by our ancestors for healing …

May 1 – Laa Boaldyn

April 28, 2020 4.9K views

In the Old Style calendar this day was celebrated on …

Childhood Memories Between the Wars

April 21, 2020 3.1K views

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

Manx Wild Flowers

April 13, 2020 4.6K views

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

A Manx Sea Charm

April 11, 2020 3K views

Published in 1913 in volume I of Mannin and contributed …

The Fairy Woman

February 14, 2020 3.4K views

There used to be a wise old woman living near …

Free Downloads – Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

February 14, 2020 4.6K views

FREE DOWNLOADS from the Centre for the Study of the …

Knock Y Dooney Ship Burial

February 6, 2020 4.3K views

In 1927 PMC Kermode examined a tumulus on Smeale …

Manx Gaelic Phrasebook – 26,000 Examples

January 25, 2020 16K views

The following is from the archived Gaelg website and will …

The Althing: The Greatest Gift of the Vikings

January 13, 2020 3.7K views

Tynwald is the greatest monument that the Norsemen have left …

Stang Riding, Níðings (Nithings) & Níðstang

January 11, 2020 9.7K views

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

The Isle of Man from around 8000 BCE

January 3, 2020 3K views

Rising water levels cut off the Isle of Man from …

The Number Nine in Manx Folklore

December 29, 2019 3.5K views

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

The Sad Tale of a Prophecy Fulfilled

December 3, 2019 3.9K views

In the smuggling days of old, one of the Radcliffes …

The ‘Seven Mollys’ of the Isle of Man

December 2, 2019 3.2K views

Old Manx people will tell you, even today, that the …

Cursing

November 30, 2019 4.3K views

Perhaps the most primitive form of sorcery practiced in the …

The Hermit of Struan y Granghie

November 27, 2019 4.2K views

On the coast of Lonan, about a mile and a …

Viking Village

June 12, 2019 5.2K views

The low, sandy north-western shores of the Isle of Man …

Life in Ballaugh in the 1840s

June 11, 2019 2.5K views

By Ellie Shimmin. February 28th, 1915. Today is my birthday, …

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