MANX DIALECT WORDS AND PHRASES

W. WALTER GILL

AUTHOR OF "A MANX SCRAPBOOK" "A SECOND MANX SCRAPBOOK," ETC.

ARROWSMITH LONDON BRISTOL

NUMBER FOUR OF THE MANX SCRAPBOOKS

(This Edition is limited to 550 copies,
of which 500 copies are for sale)

Published in 1934

Printed in Great Britain by J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 11 Quay Street, Bristol

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I.

INTRODUCTORY.

 

1.

Manx English

3

2.

Principal collections

5

3.

Principal sources of this collection

5

4.

The references

10

II.

DIALECT WORDS

15

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

 

Animal-words

143

III.

IDIOMS AND PHRASES.

 

1.

Short phrases in Manx

153

2.

Idiomatic usages

155

3.

Peculiarities of syntax

159

4.

Proverbial sayings

162

5.

Local allusions

164

6.

The spoken word

166

7.

The passage of time .

168

8.

Old age and death

170

9.

Sundry expressions

171

 

INDEX TO CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS

189

 

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