Brushing the dust at the head of four (cross) ways, and putting the dust over man, or beast, was thought to take away the evil eye. I have heard people …
manx life
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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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When a man was out of his senses, he was sometimes carried out in a boat, and a rope was put about his neck, and then he was thrown out …
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Castletown 100 years ago by Flaxney Stowell (d.1916)… Mill Street branches off from Malew Street, about, half way up on the right hand side. It gets its name from the …
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One winter’s night a large ship came into the bay, near the Stack rock. The look-out cried “Breakers ahead!” but it was too late. The vessel was pitched on the …
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At a certain time of the year, the young men and young women of the Isle of Man were summoned to Castletown and the Governor, deemsters (judges), coroners (who carried …
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And then there was the Miller’s Cat who seems to have had the power of human speech. By some mischance the Miller had put himself in the power of a …