'The Manxman at Home: Tales and Traditions related round-about his Turf Fire'

Creator(s): Harrison, William

Scope & Content: In this handwritten account, Harrison writes, 'In introducing the Tales and Traditions of the Manx peasantry to the reader, I scarce know what to say in the face of what a goverment school inspector once told me -that such tales were "all stuff, Trash"! He was one of those persons who complacently suppose everything to be nonsense, which they do not perfectly comprehend, or flatter themselves they do'.

Chapter headings: Mannan Mac Lir, The discovery of the Island, The mermaid's revenge, The spell-bound giant, The apparition of Castle Rushen, The magician's palace, The black dog 'Moddey dhoo', Goddard (sic) Crovan's stone, St Maughold or the robber chief MacAldus, The devil's den, The old man, Tehi-Tegi, The enchanter, The fairy elf, A fairy detected changing an infant, The christening, The Duchess of Gloucester, The spectre hound, The treasures of the sea, The warning, The mountain ghost, Mock funeral, The restored child, Ivar and Matilda, The Gob ny Scuit Boagane, Begrudging a willing consent, Fairy flitting, Cutlar MacCullock and the wedding feast, The fairy lake, The mermaid's courtship, The little woman of Garraghan, The enchanted island of Port Soderick, Legend of St Maughold, Laa'l Breeshey, The Phynnodderee, The round meadow, The ruined chapel in St Michael's Isle, The dooinney-oie, The glashtyn, Hunting the wren, St Maughold and Gil Colum, Fairy music, The captured mermaid, Second sight, Legend of Myrecogh lake, The fairy cup of Malew, The buggane of St Trinian, The Slieuwhallian Boagane, Olave Goggardson and the sword Macabuirn, The unfortunate fiddler, The herring- King of the sea, How the wren became the King of the birds, The three headed giant, The bargain, The chasms, The witch of Slieuwhallian, The dream, The penitent of The Calf, The Carrasdoo men, The fairy horn, The stone cross of Kirby, The Kirby drinking glass, The whipping of the little girl, The school boys, The witch doctor, The spirit 'Hoa Hoa', Fairy punishment, Crigin of King William's sands, The dust of the foot or overlooking, The tarroo-ushtey or water bull, The giants stone, Origin of the arms of the Island, The nun's chairs, The effigy, Alsvith the swift, Jack the giant killer, The phanton coach of Kionedroghad, The fairy saddle, and The man that could fly. A conclusion follows.

Language: English

Extent: 108 pages

Item name: Manuscript

Collection: Manuscript Archive

Level: ITEM

ID number: MS 00136

Retrieval number: MS 00136 A

Record class: Private

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