I pointed out several years ago - this ridiculous notion was invented by an off-island journalist in a generally poorly researched book - no doubt it will keep on resurfacing in things like 'curiosities of the Isle of Man' - personally the only thing I find curious is people's credulity

many graves of that period had chains around the grave (to keep dogs etc off the grave but most have rusted away.

The Burial Reg gives Matthew Hassall Ballahick bur 13 Oct 1854 age 54 - Ballahick is a small farm near Ronaldsway - the name is not manx and he is the only one of that name in the malew burial reg - he does not appear in 1851 census nor in any directory I can find