'Know Your Parish' talk by John Quilliam about Ballaugh
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Date(s): after 1967 and before 1979
Scope & Content: John Quilliam starts by describing the area and boundaries of the parish of Ballaugh, sheading of Michael; names of features in Manx or Norse. He explains that they used to be hunting grounds; describes terrain and explains that place names with ‘laugh’ indicate 'lake'. He gives the meaning of some Manx village names, e.g. Balla Mona, Ballabeg, Lagan, etc. He talks about an old story of a stranger who cut down the tramman trees, said to be the hiding place of the fairies, and how the fairies returned resulting in a battle between the fairies for new hiding places and the cutting off of ears (ears like fungus on trees); ‘when in Ballaugh be like the people of Ballaugh’.
He then gives the origins of Manx surnames, e.g. Cameron, Campbell, Crowe.
Tape ends mid-sentence.
Administration / Biographical History: Part of series broadcast on Manx Radio.
Language: English
Extent: 9 min. 3 sec.
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0053/10
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