Skeealyn Vannin, Disk 2 Track 11ii: Speaker: Ned Maddrell, Glen Chass, Rushen
https://www.youtube.com/embed/f7xMeLX1EoADate(s): 1948
Creator(s): Irish Folklore Commission
Transcript: N. Maddrell
Ta mee er clashtyn jeh chenn dooiney as y ven, va baghey ayns thie ayns y valley,
I have heard of an old man and his woman (wife) living in a house in the village,
as un oie va ny guillyn goll mygeayrt, dy yeeaghyn son red ennagh dy yannoo,
and one night the boys were going about, looking for something to do,
as ren ad coodagh yn uinnag seose lesh soddyn, -
and they did cover the window up with sods, (his window)
er y voghree ren yn dooiney girree, dy yeeaghyn row sollys cheet,
on the morning the old man did arise, to see was light coming,
cha ren eh fakin red erbee agh dorraghys, as hie eh dy lhie reesht,
he did not see anything but darkness, and he went to sleep again,
traa lurg shen ren eh gaase gaccrys, as dirree as hie eh gys y dorrys,
a time after that he did grow hungry, and arose and he went to the door,
ren eh fakin yn eayst - yn grian goll seose - goll sheese, ec Kione Bradda,
and he did see the moon - the sun going up - going down at Bradda Head,
haink eh back reesht, gys y ven, as dooyrt eh,
he came back again, to the woman, and he said,
‘My Yee Paaie, ta’n seihll cheet dys jerrey, ta’n grian girree ayns y sheear’.
‘My God Peggy, the world is coming to an end, the sun is rising in the west’.
(Transcribed and translated by Walter Clarke, Ramsey)
Language: Manx
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: WHOLE
ID number: SA 0579/2/11ii