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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: re 1901 Census
In Response To: Re: re 1901 Census ()

Hello, Lorraine. When you looked up Sassenach it would have been in an English dictionary, but it is a Gaelic word. The Manx form for Englishman is Sostynagh or Sostnagh (it changes in the feminine). It just means that those of us who have English bits as well as Manx bits are Saxons.