There used to be a wise old woman living near St. John’s on the Isle of Man, who was making charms against witchcraft, and curing many things with herbs and…
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Between Fleshwick Bay and Bradda Head there is a ‘Castle’ Rock, called Cashtal Rackley, or Reckley, and at its outside is a cave, Ghaw Ving, so named on account of…
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Perhaps the most primitive form of sorcery practiced in the Island was ‘the Curse’, used as much by enthusiastic amateurs as by the notorious practitioners and always dreaded by those…
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It was commonly believed on the Isle of Man, as in many other places, that a witch could take the form of a hare and stories of hares turning into…
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Although the Isle of Man was caught by the wave of persecution which swept over Europe after the publication of the Bull of Pope Innocent VIII against witchcraft in 1468…
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On the Isle of Man every ditch had to be full of rain or snow on St Bridget’s Day so that the old Caillagh, or hag, could not gather brasnags…
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The curse and ritual of the Skeab Lome (Besom of Destruction) does not appear to have an exact parallel in any other nation’s folklore, though the association of the broom…
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Every ditch had to be full of rain or snow on St Bridget’s Day so that the old Caillagh, or hag, could not gather brasnags or faggots (sticks) for firing.…