| Manx | English | |
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| Juan yn oa | Juan the grandson | |
| Keggin - kine | ||
| Illiam Paie – Kelly[1] | ||
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[1] These seen to be names of monolingual Manx speakers.
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| — little or no English | ||
| My father was a good speaker of Manx but wouldn’t teach me. | ||
| I have a picture of Jane Pherick in from of her cottage with her daughter and some goats — she only understood Manx. | ||
| (LQ got two tunes here that Mr. Clague thinks are very old ones — one goes to | ||
| “Slianyr[2] Yinnin gennaght dagh oor”, | “How long I would feel each hour”, | |
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[2] Slianyr] Evidently a misprint for ‘S’liauyr’.
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| and the other to “While shepherds watch their flocks by night.” | ||
| 100 years ago Port St. Mary was just a fishing creek. | ||
| In olden days a chap around here was asked if many Manx men were involved in the Kinsale riots — he said no, mostly Peel men and the Irish! | ||
| jeeadin | a mischievous child | |
| Tommy Artlus | Was the name give to men from Arklow. | |
| greid | Meant ‘pain’ or ‘sore’ and was the nickname of a certain youngster here 40 years or so ago – he would be about 12. He chewed tobacco and an old man told him off for this — he replied by spitting in his eye and said, ... | |
| “Shen greid dyt”[3] | There’s sore for you. | |
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[3] dyt] dhyt
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| Manxmen twist words — | ||
| lascet | elastic | |
| bastek | basket | |
| Cregneish | Is said to have been given its name by the old people a very long time ago coming from the Sound and resting their baskets (creels) on a rock, hence Creg dy Eaish or Rock of Rest. | |