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A SELECTION OF
PROVERBS, SAYINGS, BALLADS,
CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITIONS, AND LEGENDS,
PECULIAR TO THE ISLE OF MAN
COLLECTED AND EDITED
BY WILLIAM HARRISON,
AUTHOR OF 'BIBLIOTHECA MONENSIS
SECOND SERIES
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN
PRINTED FOR THE MANX SOCIETY
MDCCCLXXIII
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PROVERBS AND SAYINGS. |
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Miscellaneous Proverbs |
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Gold on Cushags |
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Meeyl-Chreen - Flesh-worm |
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Imitation of the Sound of Kirk Arbory Bells |
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Balla Salla |
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Herrings |
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Characteristics of the several Towns of the Isle of Man |
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Quaint Saying on a Member of the old House of Keys |
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A Saying on Colquitt |
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On Tricky Fellows |
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Weather Sayings |
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Manx Motto |
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BALLADS AND SONGS. |
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Traditionary Ballad-" Mannanan Beg, Mac y Leirr." Manx and English |
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Cutlar MacCulloch |
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Thapsagyn Siargey, with the Manx air |
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Thapsagn Jiargey. Translated |
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Dr. William Walker, LL.D. |
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A Sorrowful Ditty on the Death of Dr. Wm. Walker and Robert Tear. By Widow Tear of Ballaugh. Manx |
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Widow Tear's Ballad on her two sons, Dr. Walker and Robert Tear. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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Arrane yn Phynnoderee. Manx |
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The Phynnoderee Song. Translated |
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Captain Thurot. A Memoir |
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Thurot's Dream |
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Battle of Ramsey. Thurot and Elliot |
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Thurot as Elliot, the Naval Battle of Manx . |
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Thurot and Elliot. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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Epitaph on M. Thurot |
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The last Dying Speech and Confession of a Youth falsely done to Death by his Mistress. Manx |
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The last Dying Speech and Confession. Translated by Mr. J. Ivon Mosley |
92 |
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Arrane er Inneenyn Irrinee. Manx |
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A Song on Farmers' Daughters. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
99 |
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Mylecharaine. Translated from the Manx, in Part First, Mona Miscellany, by Mr. J. Beale |
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The Mylecharaine Silver Cross. With a print |
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Colbagh Vreek er Sthrap. Manx |
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Arrane y Skeddan. Manx. By the Rev. John Cannell |
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The Herring Song. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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Loss of the Manx Herring Fleet, 1787. With a Print |
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Marrffiys yn Tiger-Liorish Yuan Voore. Manx |
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The Voyage of the Tiger. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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Yn chenn Dolphin - Liorish Yuan Lewin. Manx |
128 |
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The Old Dolphin. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
131 |
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The Rose on the Beam. By Captain Hook. With an account of the Loss of H.M. Brig "Racehorse;" 14th December 1822 |
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Mannin Veg Veen. Manx |
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Mannin Veg Veen. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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The "Manx Fairy " steamer. Manx and English |
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Dr. Watts " Little Busy Bee." Translated into Manx by the Rev. J. T. Clarke |
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Carval ny Drogh Vraane. By John Moore. Manx |
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Carol on Bad Women mentioned in Scripture. Translated by Mr. John Quirk |
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A New Christmas Carol |
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Christmas Carol |
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The Morning and Evening Hymn. Manx. By the Rev.Thomas Corlett |
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Psalm CXXXIX. Manx. By the Rev. Thomas Corlett |
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A Lament for the Isle of Man. By Edward Forbes, F.R.S. |
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Oie Vie. Arrane. Manx |
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Good Night Hymn. Translated by John Kelly, Baldwin |
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Ny Kirree fo-Niaghtey. Manx |
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CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS. |
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Twelfth day |
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Periwinkle Fair |
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The Manx "Derby" |
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The Turf Harvest |
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Marriages |
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The Gob ny Scuit Boagane |
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Mooayer ny Booiagh. Begrudging a Willing Consent. |
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Fairies and Water Crochs |
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A Charm against the Fairies |
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Caillagh ny Gueshag. A Manx Prophet |
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Remarkable Days |
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Months of the Year |
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Days of the Week |
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PECULIARITIES IN NUMERATION, CURRENCY, WEIGHTS, MEASURES, DIVISIONS OF LAND, AND QUANTITIES, |
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Numeration and Mode of Reckoning |
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Currency |
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Money Terms |
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Table of Manx and English Money |
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Weights and Measures |
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Divisions of the Isle of Man |
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Quantities |
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The Miller and his Sons |
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Peculiar Customs with reference to Food, Drink, etc. |
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LEGENDS AND MISCELLANIES. |
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The Ruined Chapel in St. Michael's Isle |
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The Glashtyn |
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The Enchanted Island at Port Soderick |
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The Universal Prayer. By Alex. Pope |
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The Universal Prayer. Translated into Manx by Mr. Kewley |
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Festivities in Castle Rushen in 1643 and 1644 |
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The Slieauwhallin Boagane |
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A Quiet Retreat for Debtors |
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Mutiny of the "Bounty" |
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Address to Douglas |
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A Poetical Address-" My Lord Bishop to My Lord Duke" |
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Lines composed by Miss Marcia Clarke of Jurby, 1828 |
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Lines on Peel. By Mrs. Griffith |
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Invitation to the Douglas Bazaar, 1843. By Paul Bridson, Esq. |
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Lines under the Portrait of James, seventh Earl of Derby, |
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The Island Penitent. A Legend of the Calf. By Miss E. Nelson |
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Farewell to Mona. By the Rev. J. L. Petit |
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ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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The Mylecharaine Silver Cross |
106 |
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Loss of the Manx Herring Fleet, 1787 |
115 |
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