Robert Clucaish

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Manx English
Jysarn shoh cheet, Vees Jysarn Jemeh Four[1] as ta Robert Clucaish, creckeder-eaddee Doolish as myrgeddin ayns boall nish creck yn vaugle Rumsah jeh-lane[2] yn slane Sthock echey. Nee eh chebbal bargannyn yndyssagh ayns dy-chooilley cheint dy stoo-eadee son argid laue. This coming Saturday, will be October Saturday, and Robert Clucas, clothes-seller of Douglas now also in place now selling the ‘vowel’[3], Ramsey, Monday, his entire stock (range). He will offer wonderful bargains in every kind of clothing-material for cash.
[1] Jemeh Four—this appears to be a mistranscription of Jerrey Fouyr—‘Harvest End’ / ‘October’.
[2] jeh-lane—perhaps Jelhein—‘Monday’?
[3] yn vaugle—perhaps ‘the mangle’, but ‘mangleyn’—‘mangles’ would be expected.
During the 1870s a combined washing & mangling machine called ‘The Vowel’ was popular in the IoM, unless this word refers to a particular type of cloth or clothing.
To parties who may not understand this, a full explanation can be had at Clucas’s Great Sales, Douglas and Ramsey.