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In the smuggling days of old, one of the Radcliffes …
Old Manx people will tell you, even today, that the …
Perhaps the most primitive form of sorcery practiced in the …
On the coast of Lonan, about a mile and a …
The low, sandy north-western shores of the Isle of Man …
By Ellie Shimmin. February 28th, 1915. Today is my birthday, …
The customs on this eve and on May-Day were, until …
At a recent gathering of the World Manx Association, held …
The old Manx people had a saying that there were …
On the Isle of Man every ditch had to be …
Enter Cutlar Mac Culloch, a powerful rover from Galloway who …
This is said to be the bitterest curse in the …
The curse and ritual of the Skeab Lome (Besom of …
As Laa’l Breeshey (St Bridget’s Day) approaches on 1st February, …
In the 1920s a number of strange reddish lights were …
The incubation period of cholera can be as short as …
Mention the word ‘cycling’ and ‘Isle of Man’, and many …
Every parish in the Isle of Man had its wells, …
I had a very good childhood with brothers and sisters …
In pre-Reformation times and for many years afterwards, the feast …
An attempt has been made to encompass all aspects of …
This photograph is of Mrs Mary Gilrea spinning outside her …
Written on the back of this photograph it reads: “Sophy …
On many of the quarterland farms on the Island, it …
A way back in the times long past there was …
The death of Magnus Olafsson in 1265 terminated for a …
The various names under which Peel has passed are inseparable …
White stones, ranging from the size of boys’ marbles up …
I would like to speak about the drine skeg or …
Manx farmers had little understanding of crop rotation and scarcely …
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