Thank you Frances for your suggestion

It is only now that I am beginning to realise just how much of a beginner I am in this area of research/time period/record comprehension and significance. I may have to write to you off list with a few questions but not for a few days till I finish another Qualtrough project.

Your site is getting more and more comprehensive and we as researchers can only be very grateful for the mammoth effort you have given to the Manx Notebook project. Thank you

You are correct in your assertion that the ballad referred to is "The Sheep Under the Snow"

Thank you again
Elizabeth, Australia