| Manx | English | |
|---|---|---|
| Tra ta yn derrey vought cooney lesh bought elley, ta Jee hene garaghtee | ‘When one poor man relieves another, God himself rejoices at it;” (or, as it is in the original) ‘he laughs outright.” | |
|
[A Tour Through the Isle of Man, D. Robertosn. Pub. E. Hodson, London. 1794.
| ||
| Ny freggyr ommydan cordail rish e ommijys, er aaggle dy bee oo hene casley rishyn. | Do not answer a fool according to his stupidity for fear that you yourself will be like him. | |
|
[M.A., 10/07/1802]
| ||
| Jeeagh shiu cre ta mee er gheddyn voish Aspick Murrey ... cha nel eh er yarrood mee. | See what I have received from Bishop Murray ... he has not forgotten me. | |
|
[M.S., 03/01/1846]
| ||
| gressan | ‘a snuff he manufactured by himself from tobacco leaves dried by the fire, which he carried in an old fashioned horn, resembling a powder horn’. | |
|
[M.H.,29/09/1852]
| ||
| “Dy jean foast yn billey-olive failleil, as nagh jean ny magheryn gymmyrkey beaghey; dy bee yn chioltane giarit jeh veih’n woaillee, as nagh bee dew ayns ny bwaneyn.’ | “the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:” [(Habakkuk 3:17) | |
|
[M.S.,29/09/1852]
| ||
| garran | cart pony | |
|
[M.S.,10/12/1853]
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| “Jarroo, jarroo!” | ‘Indeed, indeed’ | |
|
[M.H.,01/03/1854]
| ||
| Niclas Moor | Nicholas the Great | |
|
[M.H.,14/03/1855]
| ||
| caart jough | a quart of beer | |
|
[M.S.,15/11/1856]
| ||
| boggane | a ghost | |
|
[M.S.,15/11/1856]
| ||
| Augh! as augh! My ghriah Ballaragh, | Alas! Alas! my sweet Ballaragh, | |
|
[M.H.,05/05/1858]
| ||
| Vallaragh, my chree, cha vaikym oo arragh; | Ballaragh of my heart I shall never see thee more; | |
| Ta mee my hassoo, as my ghreeym rish y voalley, | Here I stand with my back to the wall, | |
| Cummal seose kiuall gys cloan ny moddee! | Keeping up music to the children of dogs. | |
| “Agh nee my Yee ooilley nyn veme y yannoo magh cordail rish e verchys ayns gloyr, liorish Creest Yeesey.” | “But my God will satisfy all our needs according to the his wealth in glory, by Jesus Christ.” | |
|
[M.H.,29/02/1860]
| ||
| As dooyrt y Chiarn Jee, Cur-my.ner ta’n dooinney myryien er jeet dy ve myr unnane-jinyn, dy hoiggal mie as sie: as nish son nagh der eh magh e laue, as dy gow eh myrgeddin jeh billey’n vea, as gee jeh, as ve dy bragh beayn; | And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1862]
| ||
| Shen-y-fa hug y Chiarn Jee magh eh ass garey Eden dy obbraghey yn thalloo, veih v’eh er ny ghoaill. | Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. | |
| Chengey ny Mayrey Ellan Vannin | The mother tongue of the Isle of Man | |
|
[M.S., 30/07/1864]
| ||
| Booise da Jee | Thank God | |
|
[M.H., 21/09/1864]
| ||
| Gaelck | the Manks language | |
|
[IoMT, 02/05/1868]
| ||
| Gaelk-Vanninagh | Manx Language | |
|
[IoMT, May 02/05/1868]
| ||
| craa-hallooin | ... the proper Manks for earthquake, and not “craa-thallooin”... | |
|
[M.S., 23/051868]
| ||
| benaaishnee | female fortune-teller | |
|
[Mona Miscellany; Edited by W. Harrison: Manx Society Vol. XVI; 1869]
| ||
| bollan-feaill-eoin | mugwort | |
|
[Mona Miscellany; Edited by W. Harrison: Manx Society Vol. XVI; 1869]
| ||
| Arrane Er Privateer. | A Song About A Privateer | |
|
[M.H., 21/02/1872]
| ||
| Arrane ny Ferrishyn | The Song of the Fairies. | |
|
[M.H., 21/02/1872]
| ||
| Cronk Keeill Eoin | Tynwald Hill | |
|
[M.S., 24/02/1872]
| ||
| Balley-ne-Hinjey | Peel | |
|
[M.S., 24/02/1872]
| ||
| Balley-ny-Hinjey | Peel | |
|
[M.H., 21/02/1872]
| ||
| carrane | an old green cowhide shoe | |
|
[M.S., 24/02/1872]
| ||
| Bea-veayn da’n kiannoort vie ain Hal Brougham Loch | Long-life to our good governor Hal Brougham Loch | |
|
[M.H., 03/071872]
| ||
| Eh nagh dug scammylt rieau, dy ghoaill Veih naboo e ghoo mie ; As nagh dug cleaysh da’n tutlar broghe, Ta shooyl veih thie dy thie. | He that never gave harsh words to take the good name from a neighbour, and never gave ear to the filthy gossip that walks from house to house. | |
|
[M.H., 25/10/1873]
| ||
| Bee-jee twooaigh jeh mraane as moddee. | Beware of women and dogs. | |
|
[M.H., 25/10/1873]
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| Agh te er daghyrt eh cordail rish y chenn raa firrinagh. Ta’n moddey er jyndaa reesht gys y skeeah echey hene; as y vuc va nieet, gys yn ymmylt eck sy laagh. | But it has happened in accordance with the truthful old saying. The dog has returned to his own vomit; and the pig that was washed, to her rolling in the muck. | |
|
[IoMT, 01/02/1873]
| ||
| Aght erbee t’eh ceaut nee eh shassoo | Whichever way it is thrown it will stand | |
|
[M.H.,08/01/1873]
| ||
| Cha jean oo vaggyr mee, as cha jean mee vaggyr ort. | (If) You don’t threaten me, then I won’t threaten you. | |
|
[IoMT, 01/02/1873]
| ||
| Colbagh Vreck er Strop. | A spotted heifer on a lead. | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1874]
| ||
| Toot | Fool | |
|
[M.H., 03/12/1874]
| ||
| balley bynney | beloved home | |
|
[M.H., 11/10/1876]
| ||
| Cha vel Baarle ayms | I have no English | |
|
[M.H.,16/09/1876]
| ||
| court-she | a courtsey | |
|
[M.H., 11/10/1876]
| ||
| kiartag | chore | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| cred | cough | |
|
[M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Jamakay | Jamaica (Rum) | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| Cre raad dys Thie-Saggyrt jeh Kirk Andreays | ||
|
What’s the way to the vicarage of Kirk Andreas
| ||
| Cha row ee rieau ny share. | She was never better. | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| creckeyder ec cant | a seller (auctioneer) at an auction | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| prinjeig | belly | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| cheb | guess | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| As signal dys y laue chaire. | ‘And signing to the left hand’ | |
|
[likely meaning; signing for the side opposing the lord in a dispute around the Act of Settlement]
| ||
| jeean | keen | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| John Paddy yn Thoalt | John, son of Patrick (of) the barn | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| f ee saaue ays y laagh [feer sauçhey ayns y laagh??] | [truly safe??] in the mud | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| Neil Voar Lhag-hastagh | ||
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| Cate Voar a Chrine | Big Kate Craine | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| Myl-e-worrey | Morrison | |
|
[M.H., 16/08/1876]
| ||
| Jamakey | rum | |
|
[M.H., 17/101877]
| ||
| graih yee bee shee ayns eisht | (for) God's sake there will be peace then. | |
|
[M.H., 17/101877]
| ||
| cruit | hump | |
|
[M.H., 17/101877]
| ||
| [wis a] whillian [ghooilian??] | [with a whoosh??] | |
|
[M.H., 17/101877]
| ||
| bine beg | a little drop | |
|
[M.H., 17/101877]
| ||
| Crosh Darrig | Cross of Oak | |
|
[Juan y Jagged Keir gives this as the nickname of a certain ‘tailor, ... Foreman of a Cabbage and Goose Society, Chairman of a Watch Club’. ‘Chrosh’ means cross, ‘Darrig’, here is likely
[darragh] ‘oak’. ‘Cross of Oak’.]
| ||
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| bine beg | little sip | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| bock bane | white pony | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| Billy ny Jalloo | Billy of the Pictures / Images / Statues. | |
|
[M.H., 17/10/1877]
| ||
| “Bock bane ny [??] goll sheese yn bayr” | “The white gelding of the [??] going down the road” | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Bretnagh | A Welshman | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| chune | a tune | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| cledge | bran | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| cumraag | a companion / a comrade | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Cronk garroo | Rough Hill | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Bea as maynrys | Life and Happiness | |
|
[‘Christmas at the Asylum’: M.S., 28/12/1878]
| ||
| “As dooyrt eh daue, lhig shiu dy gholl shaghey yn scrieu choontee, as scrieu kiare feed thousane punt son lhiastynys Phurt Yiarn.” | “And he said to them, neglect the budget, and write (issue) eighty thousand pounds for Port Erin’s debt.” | |
|
[‘THE PORT ERIN AGITATION.’ M.S., 01/02/1879]
| ||
| Adam Clark an Wesler | Adam Clarke the Wesleyite | |
|
[M.S. 05/02/1881]
| ||
| Ballaf | Ballaugh | |
|
[M.S. 05/02/1881]
| ||
| Dawby | Dalby | |
|
[M.S. 05/02/1881]
| ||
| doaieagh coar | decent and agreeable | |
|
[M.S., 26/02/1881]
| ||
| Dooinney veen | Dear man | |
|
[M.S., 26/02/1881]
| ||
| Boy lah veen | Dear boy | |
|
[Broderick, G. says this was a common address used by native speakers and fluent L2 speakers of Late Spoken Manx.]
| ||
|
[M.S., 26/02/1881]
| ||
| Lah | Lad (term for adressing a man) | |
|
[M.S., 26/02/1881]
| ||
| Langlish | Langness | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| langlish | stone jetty | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| jarrood | reverie | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| lhiannan-shee | Queen o’ the Fairies | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| gennal | genial | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| gobbag | dog-fish | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| perkin-beg | little porpoise | |
|
[IoME 11/03/1899]
| ||
| Ramsar, Romsar | Ramsey | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Douglas | Dhoolish | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Mithar | Mitre (pub) | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Maahal | Maughold | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Andhres | Andreas | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| praase as skaddan | potato and herring | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| jamaca | Jamaica (rum) | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| gilley | boy | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| dyn myghyn | merciless | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| shee bannee Betty boght | God bless poor Betty | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| bystakle | Bicycle | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Langlish | Langness | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Tom y Thrump | Tom the ?? [Trumpet?] | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| cooill faddhag [fedjag ??] | ?? [tail feather? pen feather? pen?] | |
|
[‘Juan Glass’ M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| cooish | a chat | |
|
[M.S., 30/04/1881]
| ||
| cooyrt | court | |
|
[M.S., 30/04/1881]
| ||
| cartagh (kiartagh) | a chore | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| cooish | A chat | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| coar | agreeable | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| Cretoor millish | Sweet creature | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| Hop-thu-Naah | Hop-Tu-Naa | |
|
[‘Nan-A-Creggan’s Christmas Eve’ by Juan Lewin; M.H., 07/01/1880]
| ||
| Houl Dhou (Howl Doo) | (of the) Black Hole | |
|
[M.H., 07/01//1880]
| ||
| Injey | India | |
|
[M.H., 07/01//1880]
| ||
| Tom yn Eayst Noa | Tom of the New Moon | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Port Iron | Port Erin | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Jonny yn Fillys | Jonny of the Lapping up / Folding | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Crosh Vusther | Muster Cross | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Eary-steithyn | Earystane — [Eary] ‘open airy place’ | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| boy veen | dear boy | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Jerude | state of forgetfulness | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Tom Beg yn Fidder | Little Tom the Weaver | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| staghylys | clumsiness | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| crosh as tessan | across and athwart [back and forth [??]] | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| prung | prong [of a fork] | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Veih slieau ny claghyn baney | From the the Mountain of the White Stones | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Shoh nane as, shoh nane elley | Here’s one, and here’s another [‘the way Jemmy Dach used to count herrings’] | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Jim John | Jim, son of John | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Juanny y ’Riggin | Juany the Bristle [or ‘Barb’, ‘Sharp Fin’, etc] | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| “Loch a daa ...” | [an interjection call to gain attention] | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Tom yn Ollan | Tom the Wool | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Tom Beg yn Fidder | Little Tom the Weaver / Tom the Weaver Jr. | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| bailee | bailiff | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Dullish | Palmaria Palmata, Dulse [a type of seaweed] | |
|
[M.S., 08/10/1881]
| ||
| doaieagh | Decent | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| doaieagh | Decent | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| Dhoolish | Douglas | |
|
[M.S., 15/10/1881]
| ||
| cum-over | incomer, immigrant [perjorative] | |
|
[M.S.16/02/1881]
| ||
| Oltaghey ghennal yn dooinney stoyl-drommey | ‘Welcome to the noble chairman’ [‘The genial welcome of the chariman’] | |
|
[(Rev Radcliffe, Liverpool) M.H., 28/01/1885]
| ||
| Cha nee ommidan. | No fool. | |
|
[M.H. 23/12/1885]
| ||
| cha nee ommidan | no fool | |
|
[M.H., 30/12/1885]
| ||
| Dy choyrt dwoaie; dwoiagh; feoh da. | ABHOR | |
|
[M.H., 20/10/1886]
| ||
| Dy hannaghtyn; dy uirraghtyn syn un voayl | ABIDE | |
|
[M.H., 20/10/1886]
| ||
| Dy injillaghey; dy hilgey bun-ry-skyn. | ABASE | |
|
[M.H., 20/10/1886]
| ||
| fort; schlei; niart. | ABILITY | |
|
[M.H., 20/10/1886]
| ||
| Cha nee tra ta’n keyrrey gee yn ouw t’eh çheet r’ee. | It is not when the sheep eats the marsh penny wort that it appears to her. | |
|
[M.H., 19/01/1887]
| ||
| Fow aarloo dy gholl quail dy yee. | Be ready to meet thy god | |
|
[Chapter IV, ‘Manx Recollections’, Memorials of Eleanor Elliott, by K. A. Forrest, James Nisbett & Co., Douglas, 1894.]
| ||
| cran | In the earlier part of this century the herrings were sold by the “cran,” but so much imposition was practised that it had to be discontinued. By Act of Tynwald in 1817 (see Statutes. vol. I. pp. 397-8) the “cran” contained 42 gallons. | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| Admiral | The fisherman in command of the fleet.. [His duties were especially to guide them as to time for shooting and hauling their nets. Shooting the nets before sunset was forbidden by law.] | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| briaght | a search (for fish) | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| Chree. | My dear | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| Cronk ny Irree Laa | The Hill of the Rising Day | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| eearlys | (the) earnest, an advance payment as a pledge for the remainder | |
|
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| [‘— As they neared the port the “bimming yawls,” or buyers, boarded them, and, after they had made their bargain, they handed the fishermen a shilling or other coin, called the eearlys, or “earnest” and passed round a bottle of rum, to which every one on board helped himself out of a horn measure. The bargain was then completed.’ | ||
| dagon | [This name is said to have originated from that of] a large fishing smack, so-called, which was built about the year 1750.] | |
|
[The Biblical name ‘Dagon’ is a Philistine god of fishing. Boat of this name is said to have run aground at ‘Gob y Dagon’, now known as Go-y-Deigan.
[M.H., 01/01/1896]
| ||
| Chengey-ny-Mayrey Ellan Vannin | The Manx Language | |
|
[Manxman, 19/11/1898]
| ||
| Deyr | My dear | |
|
[Manxman, 19/11/1898]
| ||
| cabbag mashin’ | an activity done ‘against doors’ on Hollantide Fair night (thumping doors with vegetables). | |
|
[Ramsey Courier, 23/12/1898]
| ||
| y Chree | Term of endearment, eg; darling, love, honey, dear, etc. | |
|
Ramsey Courier, 23/12/1898]
| ||
| glashtin | Water horse | |
|
M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| Phenawdry | ‘Hairy stockings, or shaggy legs’ ... ‘an owl fairy that used to haunt the magher runt [round field] near St. Rinyans ... near Croshby [Crosby] — (‘bannished from Fairyland because he missed attending the) reholleys vooar, or great festival of the Harvest Moon. | |
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| magher runt | ||
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| Croshby | ||
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| St Runian’s | ||
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| rehollys vooar | ||
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
|
[M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| Lajin, Lattan | Latin | |
|
M.S. 07/09/1889]
| ||
| Cottonee | Visitors from Lancashire. | |
|
[IoME, , 28/101899]
| ||
| kiartag | an odd job | |
|
[Ramsey Weekly News, , 21/04/1900]
| ||
| Creck-Yn-Aigh-Vie | Jumble Sale [Good Luck Sale] | |
|
Flyer for a bring-and-buy sale in St Matthew’s New School
[MNH F71/MAT 35816] 30th & 31st October 1912.]
| ||
| doaieagh | amiable | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Droghad vooar | Big bridge | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Ellan Vannin Veg | Little Isle of Man | |
|
[Christmas at the Asylum: M.S.,28/12/1878]
| ||
| Ellan Vannin dy bragh. | The Isle of Man forever. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| Ellan veen Vannin | Dear Isle of Man | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Fail vuck | Pork | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Fer | fellow,or any male individual | |
|
[(Rev Readcliffe, Liverpool) M.H., , 28/01/1885]
| ||
| foaysagh | beneficial | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| Fockleyr Manninagh | Manx Dictionary | |
|
[IoMT,02/05/1868]
| ||
| fort | strength | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| Phil Beg ny Murlin | Little Phil (of) the fish basket | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Phil Beg ny Murlin | Little Phil (of) the fish basket | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Phillee Beg ny Claghyn | Little Philly / Philly Junior (of) the stones (or, colloquially; testicles) | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| fud-y-cheilley | confused | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Frengagh (Frangagh) | Frenchman [here used as a nickname for a wine dealer] | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| friggan. | prickle | |
|
[Here found in: ‘Got up on their friggans’
[got annoyed / took offence]
[M.H.,12/011898]
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| fud-y-cheilley | confused | |
|
[M.S., 26/02/1881]
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| Fuirree yn mwaagh rish e heshey ! | The hare will wait for his mate (partner) ! | |
|
[Peel City Guardian,09/03/1895]
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| George Hom Yack | George, son of Tom, son of Jack | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| gilley (guilley) | boy | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| ginnal (gennal) | cheerful | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| Glasco | Glasgow | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| Gob-ny-Claghyn | Promontory of the Stones | |
|
[M.H.,31/12/1879]
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| Gow-jee tastey, ta’n trass lhaih Gailckagh dy ghoaill toshaight ayns Halley C. Myleworrey ec shaight er y chlagh syn astyr. | Take note, the third Manx reading to begin in C. Morrison’s Hall at seven o’clock in the evening. | |
|
[‘Peel Manks Reading’: M.H.,01/011874]
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| grep | a dungfork | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| Graih millish my chree | Sweet love of my heart | |
|
[Manxman,19/11/1898]
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| graih Yee bee shee ain eisht | For God’s sake will we have peace then? | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| grape | a dungfork | |
|
Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876;
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| cryss ny greg | a kind of reddish moss which grows plentifully on the rocks by the sea | |
|
M.S.,03/08/1889;
| ||
| “Dy gooidsave lhiat dy choyrt as dy reayll gys yn ymmyd ain messyn dooie y thallooin, (as dy chur er ash as dy hannaghtyn dooin bannaghtyn ny marrey), myr shen ayns nyn imbagh cooie dy vod mayd yn soylley oc y gheddyn,” | “That it may please Thee to bless and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, (and to restore and continue unto us the blessings of the sea), so that in due time we may enjoy them,” | |
|
[‘Bishop Wilson's interpolation (still used every Sunday in most of the Manx churches)’]
[M.S.,07/09/1889]
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| graih veen | dear love – [‘dear me!’] | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| Haul! Ta’n laa brishey harrish y cronk. | Haul! The day breaks over the hill. | |
|
(Called out to signal daybreak — time to haul in the nets).
[M.H.,01/011896]
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| Hiarn, cur Pashance dou. | Lord, give me ‘patience’. | |
|
[Give me patience: IoME,25/02/1899]
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| Hie | Hi [greeting] | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| Hig e chiarail marish; s’lioar da’n laa t’ayn e heaghyn hene. | His plan will come together, his own sorrows are enough for today. | |
|
[M.H.,29/09/1852]
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| Jee saue yn Ven rein | God save the Queen | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| jeebin | network, section of a net [Each jeebin was fifty-two meshes deep, and seventeen yards long. Sixteen of them formed a net, i.e., four in length and four in depth. The nets were made of flas or hemp, which was span at home during the long winter nights. The sixteen jeebins that formed the net were joined together in much the same fashion as canvas in a sail. If one jeebin got worn out, or failed, it was taken out and another put in its place. If the mesh shrank and became too small it was condemned. If an English shilling passed freely between knot and knot the mesh was considered sufficient.] | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
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| Jem-y-Thie-veg | Jim (of) the Toilet | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| John y Paddag | John the Patch | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| Jon Robart | John, son of Robert | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
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| Jonny Illiam | Jonny, son of Illiam | |
|
[M.S.,30/04/1881]
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| Jonny Jerg (Jiarg) | Red Johnny | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| Jimmy yn Nabbin | Jimmy of the Nappin (either ‘of the turnip’ or ‘of the Nappin farm’. | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| jioogh | greedy | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
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| jough | beer / ale | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| jough | [Literally] “drink,” [but usually applied to] inferior beer. | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Juan Clucaish, Lunning-veg, as Mrs Coole | John Clucas, Little London, and Mrs Coole | |
|
[M.S.,24/02/1872]
| ||
| Juan Nelly’s Lane | [now known as] Post Office Lane] | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| raider | razor | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| feill vuc | pork | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| comrage | comrade | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| rughtan | ruffian | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| pridder | potato | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| powltish | poultice | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| (y) droghad vooar | (the) big bridge (Ramsey’s stone bridge, across the Sulby) | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| Thie oast ny Mwyllar | The Miller’s Inn (The Royal George Hotel, now known as Barbery Coast North). | |
|
[Owned by the Monk family who also owned the Ramsey’s windmill]
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| Jurby veg ny screb | Little Jurby of the scoundrels / scabs. | |
|
[This is verse from a song titled ‘Arrane y Whee Hoa’ about the Act of Settlement, the exact meaning of which is obscure, although ‘y Vuinneel Veg’ seems to be a nickname for Bishop Wilson.]
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| Cha row ee rieau ny share | She was never better | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| Tastal da’n Vuinneeil Veg | Attending to the [little sleeve?] | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| As signal dys y laue chaire | And signing to the right hand(side) | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| jurnaa | a journey | |
|
[M.S.,30/04/1881]
| ||
| kiark-rheinnee | a partridge, a woodcock | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| kiartagyn | things not tidied away | |
|
[Ramsey Courier,23/12/1898]
| ||
| Kione Droghad | Onchan Village | |
|
[M.H.,09/06/1852]
| ||
| Kys nagh vel shin geddyn deiney gollrish eh shoh: | how are we not getting men like him? | |
|
[A Manxman’s trip to London: M.S.,11/08/1883; 9]
| ||
| lhangeid | a lanket | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| lesh my gholl | as I was going | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Lhargeeyn-ny-Mwaaee ! | The slopes of the hares! | |
|
[Peel City Guardian,09/03/1895]
| ||
| leshtal | an apology, an excuse | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
| ||
| Lesh-ee! Lesh-ee! Lesh-ee! | With her, with her, with her (shouted together when launching boats). | |
|
[ ‘towards her’ may be a better translation?]
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Lhiggey my hraa | “Wasting my time.” | |
|
[M.H.,12/011898]
| ||
| Litcheragh goll dy lhie litcheragh dy irree, as litcheragh dy gholl dys y cheeill jedoonee | Sluggish to go to bed, sluggish to rise, and sluggish to go the church on Sunday. | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| “Loch a daa!” | interjection – call to gain attention [??] | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Loughtyn (loghtan) | brown wool from the loghtan sheep | |
|
[M.H.,22/01/1874]
| ||
| graih Yee, bee shee ayn eisht | For God’s sake, there’ll be peace then | |
|
[M.H.,22/01/1874]
| ||
| Mamvooar | ‘Great Mam’ [ie: Queen Victoria, head of the Church of England] | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| Mannagh gyn scoghey murn scrieuym reesht. (Mannagh jean scughey moyrn screeuym reesht). | If (it) doesn’t remove pride [humble him] I’ll write again. | |
|
[M.H.,20/12/1843]
| ||
| Manninagh Son Bragh! | Mannanan Forever! | |
|
[THE PORT ERIN AGITATION. M.S.,01/02/1879]
| ||
| Moar yn Kella, Preaçheil son mooarane blein, Cha row fys echey dys myleeaney, Dy row yn jouyl ayns jough as feeyn. | Moore of the Kella, Preaching for many years, He didn’t know until this year, That the devil was in beer and wine. | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| mease | a measure 500 herrings | |
|
[They (the fishermen) sold their herrings by the mease of five hundred, there being six score and four fish to the hundred.
They counted the herrings as follows: two men got a basket between them, when they commenced with unnane, jees, three, i.e., one, two, three, warp, and so on alternately to daeed, or forty, when there was added another warp and a single herring, which was called “tally” thus making 121 fish. The skipper carefully marked each “tally” by making a notch with his knife on a stick. Every fifth notch crossed the other four, and this made a mease.]
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Meen. | My dear | |
|
[Manxman,19/11/1898]
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| Millish. | My dear | |
|
[Manxman,19/11/1898]
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| My dooinney veen ta Pashance ayd son kiare bleiney jeig, as cha nel shiu veg share foast. | My dear man, you have (had) ‘Patience’ for fourteen years, and you are no better yet. | |
|
[Give me patience: IoME,25/02/1899]
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| “My vac, ny soie beg jeh smaght y Chiarn, chamoo lhig dty chree voïd tra t’eh coyrt seaghyn dty raad. Son ta’n Chiarn smaghtaghey eshyn shynney lesh; as kerraghey dy chooilley vac t’eh goaill-rish.”—* | “My son, do not despise the chastisement of the Lord, neither lose your heart when he send distress your way. For the Lord chastises he he most loves; and punishes every son he acknowledges.” | |
|
[M.A., 24/10/1807]
| ||
| Myr dooyrt y Vuggane mooar, ny cur eïe orryms as cha derryms eie ort! | As the big buggane said; don’t meddle with me and and I won’t meddle with you! | |
|
[M.A.,31/08/1821]
| ||
| My Graih. | My dear | |
|
[Manxman,19/11/1898]
| ||
| mullag | cask, or keg | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Ned Shugerback | Ned ‘Sugar-back’ (nickname) | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Nee goll thie t’ou? Cha nee. | Is it going home you are? / Are you going home? No. | |
|
[M.H.,30/12/1885]
| ||
| Nee goll thie v’ou? | Is it going home thou art? [‘wast’ expected here] | |
|
[M.H.,30/12/1885]
| ||
| Nickey | ‘Nicky’ fishing boat | |
|
[About 1850 a number of Cornish fishermen came to Peel with their boats, and, as Nicholas, or Nickey, was a common name among them, it was applied to their rig, which was then very generally adopted by the Manx boats, which also took the name of “Nickeys.”]
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Ny Poose eirey-inneen ny slooid ny ta’n ayr eck er ny ve croghit | ‘navar marry an hearess onless her father wes hung’ | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
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| offish | office | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Oie’l Verree | Oie’l Verree (Christmas Eve singing event in a church) | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
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| O Juan, Juan, gow kiarail jeed hene | O Juan, Juan, take care of yourself; | |
|
[M.H.,18/12/1844]
| ||
| Ollick Ghennal Bob | Happy Christmas Bob | |
|
[M.H., 07/01/1880]
| ||
| Ollick vie chennal (sic) as blein feer vie. | A good cheery Christmas and good new year. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| ouw | [The herb in question is the] marsh penny wort, [known in the Island as the ouw, pronounced ow.] | |
|
[M.H.,19/01/1887]
| ||
| paggad | [Nickname for] ‘The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company”. | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| pair (NBHR; piyr) | part of a net. | |
|
[So much of the net as extended from one float to another. There were five “pairs” to each net.
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Palchys as maynrys gys Ellan Vannin. | Plenty and happiness to the Isle of Man. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873; / M.S.,04/01/1873;]
| ||
| Pargys Caillyt | Paradise Lost | |
|
[M.S.,24/02/1872]
| ||
| perkin | porpoise | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Fidder | a Weaver | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| peiagh | Person | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| Port Iron | Port Erin | |
|
[M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Poosey dy moghey, as poosey dy mennick. | Marry early, and marry often. | |
|
[(T.E. Brown): Peel City Guardian,29/02/1896]
| ||
| praase as skaddan | herring and potato | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Pridder | Potato [(pridder bote — potato boat) | |
|
M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Purt Lhague | Purt Lewaigue | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| raider | Razor | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| ranther | ‘a ranter’ [a Primitive Methodist] | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
| ||
| Ree Gorrey. | ‘King Orry’ [Godred Crovan] | |
|
[M.S.,24/02/1872]
| ||
| “ROLLAGE ’N TWOAIE.” | North Star | |
|
[Advert for W. M. Corlett’s North-star Boot and Shoe Depot, 21 West Quay.
| ||
|
Ramsey Courier,22/08/1885]
| ||
| Ronag | Ronague | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| R’ou prowal ayns shen, bhoy? | Were you proving there, boy. [Greeting between fishermen of different boats looking for fish.] | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Rughtan | [a perjorative, likely a variant of ‘riftan’] a worthless fellow. | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| Rutchod Watsun | Richard Watson | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
| ||
| Sassenagh | the Manx term applied to the English race | |
|
[M.H.,15/041885]
| ||
| Shagg | name of a dance | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| She-dy-vea, ta Jee graih. | ‘Welcome’, God is Love. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| Shee dy row marin !! | ||
|
[May Peace be with us!!]
| ||
|
Peel City Guardian,09/03/1895;]
| ||
| Shee dy Vea Mannin —Shee Yee dy row Meriu | Welcome (to) the Isle of Man — may God’s Peace be with you [inscription on Mr Noble’s house for a royal visit] | |
|
[IoMT,04/02/1882]
| ||
| Shee bannee Betty boght | God bless poor Betty. | |
|
[M.S.,15/10/1881]
| ||
| Shee Dy Vea gys Glion Laxey | Welcome to Laxey Glen | |
|
[GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT LAXEY. M.S.,07/11/1885]
| ||
| Shibber Baatey | the boat’s supper [— This was held about Christmas time, very often on old St Stephen’s night (January 7th), or old New Year’s night (January 13th). On this occasion there was provided an abundance of pies and puddings, and plenty of rum and jough. Each member of the crew could bring his wife or sweetheart, and so largely did they indulge that these suppers have been known to cost from five to ten pounds.] | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Shoh Gys yn Chlaynt Eu | Here’s to Your Health. | |
|
[GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT LAXEY. M.S.,07/11/1885]
| ||
| Shoh joarree çheet. | Here’s a stranger coming. | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| Shoh, quallian jeh’n cheid seigh | This, a pup of the first litter | |
|
[Peel City Guardian 23/03/1895]
| ||
| Loayr! t’eh son reuyrey ! | Say! He (sure) can dig! | |
|
[In Anglo-Manx Dialect ‘Law! ’, or ‘Lor!’’,
[Loayr], is used as an intensifier as
[abair] is in Scottish Gaelic (although, it is commonly taken to be a contraction of ‘Lord’).
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| shot | drink got on credit (at the start of the fishing season) | |
|
[M.H.,01/011896]
| ||
| Skeerey Pherick | Patrick Parish | |
|
[M.S.,24/02/1872]
| ||
| skeoigh | spruce, tidey | |
|
[M.S. 26/02/1881]
| ||
| Slaynt dy row lhiat Ayr Ullick | Health to you Father Christmas | |
|
[Christmas at the Asylum: M.S.,28/12/1878]
| ||
| sleetch | a creep | |
|
[Ramsey; Offensive Language Again. M.S.,11/08/1894]
| ||
| Sleogh (sloc) [of pence] | a large amount | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| smook | a smoke | |
|
[M.H.,04/05/1881]
| ||
| sporran | purse | |
|
[M.S.,08/10/1881]
| ||
| Stanlagh Gy Bragh! [??] | Gaelic war-cry which ever rang as precious music in the ears of the warlike Stanley— | |
|
[Whig: M.S.,28/02/1852]
| ||
| steamer thallooinagh | a train engine / a locomotive | |
|
[M.H.,16/08/1876]
| ||
| suggane | straw rope | |
|
[M.H., 03/04/1878]
| ||
| stoyl | a seat | |
|
[(Rev Readcliffe, Liverpool) M.H., , 28/01/1885]
| ||
| stoyl drommey | chair | |
|
[‘Peel Manks Reading’: M.H.,01/011874]
| ||
| stoyl dromey | [a seat with a back, equivalent to a chair | |
|
[(Rev Readcliffe, Liverpool) M.H., , 28/01/1885]
| ||
| streebagh | whore | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| suggane corrag | a straw rope made on the thumb. | |
|
[‘Peel Manks Reading’: M.H.,01/011874]
| ||
| steamer | a steamer | |
|
[M.H.,16/08/1876]
| ||
| stuggey | a youth | |
|
[Peel City Guardian,09/03/1895]
| ||
| stuggey | a youth | |
|
[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
| ||
| stuggey | a youth | |
|
[M.H.,17/10/1877]
| ||
| Ta aggle y chiarn toshiaght vashtee. | Fear of the lord is the beginning of baptism. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| Ta airh er ny cushaghyn ayns shoh. | There's gold on the cushags here. (Manxmen used to say whenever anything was said against the Island) | |
|
[(Keys): Ramsey Weekly News,30/04/1898]
| ||
| Ta Albinagh er e ockle as astan er e amman, daa red feer doillee dy chummal. | A Scotsman on (by) his word and an eel on (by) his tail, two things that are very difficult to hold. | |
|
[A Manx Proverb: IoME,18/02/1899]
| ||
| Ta creenaght ny share na rubieyn. | Wisdom is better than rubies. | |
|
[M.H.,08/011873]
| ||
| Ta drogh hammag ny share na magher foshlit | A bad bush in a gap is better than an open field | |
|
[(Rev Readcliffe, Liverpool) M.H., , 28/01/1885]
| ||
| Ta keeayll ommidjys ny slooid na t’ee ec dooinney creeney dy reayll. | Wit is folly unless it be in the possession of a wise man. | |
|
[Proverbs: IoME,10/06/1899]
| ||
| Ta mee credjal nagh vod slane Elian Vannin sauail yn guilley shoh veih cheet dy ve ommydan. | I believe the whole Isle of Man cannot save this boy from being a fool. | |
|
[(Edward Forbes’ grandmother): M.H.,30/12/1896]
| ||
| Ta mee smokal pipe. | I am smoking a pipe. | |
|
[M.H.,16/08/1876]
| ||
| Ta’n margay fo rein. | The Fair is now under command | |
|
[Ramsey Weekly News,05/03/1898]
| ||
| Ta shin Di-jerroo jercal dy be yn calloo shoh jeh vondeish erskyn towse mooar da’n Ellan ain | We sincerely expect [hope] that this pier will be of immeasurably positive benefit to our Island. | |
|
[THE NEW LANDlNG PIER (Messrs Cowle): M.H., , July 03, 1872]
| ||
| “Ta shin dy-jarrow jerkal dy bee yn Calloo shoh jeh vondeish erskyn towse mooar da’n Elian ain.” | “We sincerely hope that this Pier will be of immeasurably great benefit to our Island.” | |
|
[COMPLETION OF THE BATTERY PIER. (The Isle of Man Harbour Commissioners): M.H., , September 03, 1879]
| ||
| Ta shin dy jarroo jerkal dy bee yn calloo shoh jeh vondeish erskyn towse mooar da’n Ellan. | We indeed expect that this pier will be of immeasurably great benefit to the Island. | |
|
[M.S.,05/071873]
| ||
| Ta ynsagh coamrey stoamey yn dooinney berchagh, as t’eh berchys yn dooinney boght. | Learning is the fine clothing of the rich man, and it is the wealth of the poor man. | |
|
[Proverbs: IoME,10/06/1899]
| ||
| tay | tea | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
| ||
| thie-oast gennal | a merry inn | |
|
[M.S.,05/02/1881]
| ||
| Dy jarroo, t’ee kiart; Dy jarroo, t’ee kiart | Indeed, she’s right; Indeed, she’s right. | |
|
[‘Nan-A-Creggan’s Christmas Eve’ by Juan Lewin; M.H., 07/01/1880]
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| thie oast | an inn | |
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[M.S.,15/10/1881]
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| Thie Ooast ny Mwyllar | The Millers’ Inn | |
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[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| Thie Oast Karron | Karran’s Inn (The Bridge Inn, Ramsey) | |
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[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
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| Thom-an-Ollick | Christmas Tom | |
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[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| Tooilley Keesh ! Tooilley Keesh ! | More Tax! More Tax! | |
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[THE PORT ERIN AGITATION. M.S.,01/02/1879]
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| Toot | Fool | |
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[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| Tra hig yn laa, hig yn coyrle lesh. | When the day comes, the counsel will come with it. | |
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[M.H.,12/12/1860]
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| ullymar | Wormwood | |
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[Peel City Guardian,09/03/1895]
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| Ushtey Millish sy Gharee | Sweet Water in the Bog (song) | |
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[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| uss | You (emphatic) | |
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[Yn Chied Lioar: Manxman,04/03/1899]
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| Vannin veg veen. | Dear little Mannin. | |
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[M.H.,08/011873]
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| Veen. | My dear | |
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[Manxman,19/11/1898]
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| Vel peiagh erbee goll dys leigh ayns Keeill-Pherick? ... Skeerey-Pherick, Skeerey Marooney, Skeerey-Conaghan, Skeerey-Braddan, Skeery-Steldane, Skeerey-Malew ... Skeerey-Chreest-Rushen. | “Is there any person going to Law in St Patrick’s Church? ... Parish of Patrick, Marown, Onchan, Braddan, St. Anne (Santon), Malew, ... Kirk Christ Rushen ?” | |
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[M.H.,13/05/1857]
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| Villish. | My dear | |
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[Manxman,19/11/1898]
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| Vundhy | Vondy (surname) | |
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[M.H., 03/04/1878]
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| voteil | (in the) bottle | |
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[Juan-yn-Jagged Keir at the North: M.H.,11/10/1876]
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| warp | a lot of three herrings. | |
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[M.H.,01/011896]
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| wherry | A vessel with two masts rigged with fore and aft sails | |
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[CUSTOMS OF MANX FISHERMEN: M.H.,01/011896]
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| Vr Harry Callister, Skeerey Pherick ... Arrane ny Ferrishyn (song of the fairies). | Mr Harry Callister, Patrick Parish ... Song of the Fairies. | |
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[M.S.,24/02/1872]
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| whillian | a ‘whoosh’ | |
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[M.H.,17/10/1877]
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| yn beishteig ghraney, meeyllagh shoh | this ugly lousy insect | |
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[‘Peel Good Templars”: IoMT,01/02/1873]
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| [perjorative aimed at ‘Watchman’ – a writer alleged to have slandered the ‘Peel Good Templars’]. | ||
| Yn chiare-as-feed-ny-garrane | The Keys of the rawhide sandals | |
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[M.H.,22/01/1874]
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| Yn Chenn Vanninagh | The Old Manxman | |
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[IoMT,02/05/1868]
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| “Yn Chrosh-Vusthaa” | The muster cross | |
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[M.H.,25/10/1873]
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| ‘Yn Fea’ | ‘The Rest’ [proposed name for the asylum] | |
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[IoME,01/04/1899]
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| Yn Jeirkaigh Meshtyllagh | The Drunken Beggar | |
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[M.S.,24/02/1872]
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| Yn Kiannoort y Choonceil, as yn Chiare as Feed. | The Governor, the Council and the Keys. | |
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[M.H.,08/011873]
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| Yn Ockleyr Ghaelckagh | The Manx Dictionary | |
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[IoMT,02/05/1868]
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| Yn Ockleyr Vanninagh | The Manx Dictionary | |
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[IoMT,02/05/1868]
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| “Yn Stiurt Meechairagh.” | “The Unjust Steward” | |
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[THE PORT ERIN AGITATION. M.S.,01/02/1879]
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| Yn ven Rein yn Band as y Pobble. | The Queen, the Band and the People. | |
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[M.S.,24/02/1872]
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| Saggyrt Caine, Skeerey Lonan, | Parson Caine, Lonan Parish, | |
| Dy Ghoaill yn Stoyll Drommey. | To Take the Chair. | |
| Tholt-y-Whyl | The Ruin of the Mill [Tholty Will] | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| bun | news, explanation, chat | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| fou | rumour | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Shibber-mean-oie | Midnight supper | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Tholt-y-Chiarn | The Lord’s Barn | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| dooinney-seyr | Gentleman | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| cooish | cause or conversation | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| feer rastagh | boisterous | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| ushag reeast | plover | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| ushag wee | yellow-hammar | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| slieu-ny-farran | Fountain Mountain | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| sliue farrain | parsnips | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| bwaag | Hut or Booth | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Prog-an | Warm cake put into a basin of buttermilk. | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| coo | greyhound | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| peajeog custey | Cursed grub | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Scoltagh | Splitting (the name given to local dinners) | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| jioogh | greedy | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| jeeyl / jeeill | damages | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Ard-valley | City | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| dorrinagh | Tempestuous or stormy | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| cowagyn | Unintelligible loud talk | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| aggle aggle | Fearful | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Moghrey dhyt y phishyr glass Moghrey dhyt hene y fritlag vreinn | Good day to thee ye green pea ... Good day to thee [thyself] ye dirty ragged rascal | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| gonnagh | Cross or angry | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| geill | notice | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| gour-my-drommey | (Walking) backwards | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| gennal | cheerful | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| coar | agreeable | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| boy-veen | dear boy | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| slaa | daub, plaster [here in the phrase ‘she couldn’t give her mother tongue the right slaa’ it suggests ‘finesse’] | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| skeet | a sight, a view | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Dreem-Cammag | Snail Ridge | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Cronk Dhoo | Black Hill | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Scutcher | a notable body [Anglo-Manx Dialect] [a scutcher of a lass] | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Dollan | a hoop with sheepskin spread over it, a drum, a winnowing fan | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Molly-Kione-Dhoan | Fair (Brown) Haired Molly | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| joaree | strange, novel, peculiar | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| skew | diagonal, short-cut, oblique, slopewise | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Rhumsaa | Ramsey | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Mikkel | (Kirk) Michael | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Bauldyn | Baldwin | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Kipple | Kepple [Gate] | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Lammel | Lambfell | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Starvey | Staarvey | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Dru-a-Dale | Druidale | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| jing | press, crown, bunch, squash, squash-up | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Johnny yn Scaa-dhoo voish yn Charrick Vane | Johnny the Shadow from the White Rock | |
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[M.H.,05/06/1901]
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| Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh | The Manx Language Society | |
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[Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh Old Xmas Programme 1912]
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| Fastyr Giensal. | An Evening of Feasting | |
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[Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh Old Xmas Programme 1912]
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| Cooish | A Dialogue | |
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[Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh Old Xmas Programme 1912]
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| YEE SAUE YN REE | GOD SAVE THE KING | |
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[Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh Old Xmas Programme 1912]
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| Gaarderyn Slock | Squalls of wind [coming through the Slock] | |
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IoME,05/10/1901;
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