Interview with John Tom Kaighin of Bride speaking Manx Gaelic J. W. Radcliffe, W. Clarke and Faragher /
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Date(s): between 1951 and 1953
Creator(s): Manx Society
Scope & Content: John Tom Kaighin talks in Manx to J.W. Radcliffe, W. Clarke, L.V. Quirk and D.E. Faragher. John talks about working on the hills; turnip and potato crops; cutting peat and Cain ny Perraghyn and Perree Bane and how people are too lazy to cut peat now; moving sheep to the mountain, the price of lambs and sheep and the land being given to the Scots and how the mountain was fenced in; English incomers; green geese; diet and preservation of meat; farmers drinking alcohol; ploughing with horses; the decline of farming and the fishing industry; the rise of commerce and house-building in the Isle of Man; bank failures; sheep and Joe the Cutter who had a thatched cottage at Ballagoole with peat all around it; salting fish; boat-buildiing at Mooiragh; 300 boats in Peel Harbour that you could walk across.
Administration / Biographical History: Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh (Manx Society) Recordings
This collection of recordings were made on paper tapes from 1951 – 1953 by members of YCG on a ‘Sound Mirror’ recording machine. The Machine was owned by YCG, purchased for them by member John Gell. Recording sessions usually took place on Sunday afternoon.
In most cases speakers were interviewed in their own homes, usually by two or more interviewers.
Twenty nine tapes were made in all (YCG nos 1-24, 29, 30, 32-34).
(Information from Broderick, Language Death in the Isle of Man, 1999)
Language: Manx Gaelic
Extent: 31 min. 14 sec.
Item name: magnetic recording tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 0020
Access conditions: All reasonable attempt has been made by Manx National Heritage to trace and request permission (where needed) from the copyright holder(s) in this sound recording. If however you think you are a rights holder then please contact Manx National Heritage.
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