'Discuss the Possible Origins of Black Dogs as they Appear in British Folklore'
Date(s): April 2010
Creator(s): Bennetts, Doreen
Scope & Content: Essay submitted as coursework for a Myths and Legends course in the continuing education department at University of Liverpool. The author includes mention of reported sightings of the Moddey Dhoo at Peel Castle, Milntown corner, near Ramsey and Ballamodda. In her contact with the Manx Museum the author notes 'I was determined to include it (Moddey Dhoo) as my father was Manx and I had heard tales from him since I was a little girl. I queried at the time something he had told me. He said that the dog was Fenella's who was the daughter of the Captain of the guard at Peel Castle. It seems that there is no reference to this anywhere. Why, I ask myself, would my father have made it up? My grandmother was born in IOM in 1860 and I suspect had also told him'.
Language: English
Extent: 8 pages
Physical description: typescript
Item name: essay
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 13636
Record class: Private
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