Chapter Vii. Superstitions Connected With : p. 141 CHAPTER VII. SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SUN, ANIMALS, TREES, PLANTS, SACRED EDIFICES, &C. " HERE is but little trace of superstitions connected with the great objects of Nature, the mountains, rivers, glens, sea, and as the connection between the sun and fire is naturally intimate, so...
Chapter Ii. Hagiogical, And Mytho Historical : p. 19 CHAPTER II. HAGIOLOGICAL AND MYTHO-HISTORICAL LEGENDS. HE following legends are of entirely different character and origin from the early myths. Those relating to the "Conversion of St. Maughold, St. Maughold and Gilcolm, The Legend of Myrescogh Lake," and "The Stone Cross of Ballafletcher"...
Chapter Iv. Hobgoblins, Monsters, Giants : p. 52 CHAPTER IV. HOBGOBLINS, MONSTERS, GIANTS, MERMAIDS, APPARITIONS, and the Trolls are beings who unite preterhuman strength with demoniac malice. They are bigger and stronger than men, with fiendish tempers, and are of deformed and hideous appearance. They dwell in rocks and caverns. In their...
Chapter V. Magic, Witchcraft, Andc : p. 76 CHAPTER V. MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, for women there sell to shipmen wynde as it were closed under three knottes of threde, so that the more wynde he would have the more knottes he must undo." 2 According to Sacheverell, Martholine, who was Governor of the Isle of Man in 1338. wrote a treatise...
Chapter Vi. Customs And Superstitions Connected : p. 102 CHAPTER VI. CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SEASONS. N the Isle of Man, as elsewhere, many customs and superstitions, as well as much weather-lore, have attached themselves to the different seasons of the year. Both the Celts and Norsemen, before the introducti...
Introduction : p. i INTRODUCTION. HE Isle of Man has been unfortunate in not having had competent collectors of its Legendary Lore. But few have taken the slightest interest in it, and those who have did not understand the language in which they could have learned it at first hand. The earliest of these...
Chapter Ix. Customs Formerly Enforced : p. 165 CHAPTER IX. CUSTOMS FORMERLY ENFORCED BY LAW. T may possibly be considered that the above heading is a contradiction in terms, for, as Dr. E. B. Tylor remarks, "the distinction between a law and an authoritative custom may be best drawn with reference to the manner in which Society compels...
Chapter Iii. Fairies And Familiar Spirits : p. 33 CHAPTER III. FAIRIES AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS. HE belief in Fairies or Elves was formerly very prevalent in the Isle of Man, and cannot be said to have altogether died out even at the present day. The Manx conception of a Fairy seems to be very much the same as that in other Celtic lands, with...
Title Page : THE FOLK-LORE OF THE ISLE OF MAN, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS MYTHS, LEGENDS, SUPERSTITIONS, CUSTOMS, With A GENERAL INTRODUCTION; And With EXPLANATORY NOTES To Each Chapter; BY A. W. MOOD E, M.A.; AUTHOR OF "MANX NAMES," &c. "I would not for any quantity of gold, part with the wonderful tales which I...
Chapter I. Myths Connected With The Legendary : p. 1 CHAPTER I. MYTHS CONNECTED WITH THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN. HE reliable history of a country may be said to date from the period when its written records begin. Before that time, there is an epoch during which the place of history is usually supplied by tales of imaginary...
Preface : p. vii PREFACE The wonders of the Isle of Man, according to Nennius, are "a strand without a sea.... a ford which is far from the sea, and which fills when the tide flows, and decreases when the tide ebbs"; and "a stone which moves at night in Glen Cinden, and though it should be cast into the se...
Untitled : THE FOLK-LORE OF THE ISLE OF MAN A. W. MOORE [1891] Title Page Introduction Preface Table of Contents Chapter I. Myths Connected with the Legendary History of the Isle of Man Chapter II. Hagiogical, and Mytho-historical Legends Chapter III. Fairies and Familiar Spirits Chapter IV. Hobgoblins...
Chapter Viii. Customs And Superstitions Connected : p. 156 CHAPTER VIII. CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH. N the Isle of Man, as elsewhere, a number of curious customs and superstitions have naturally grouped themselves about the important events of Birth, Marriage, and Death. BIRTH From the birth of a child, till...
Chapter X. Proverbs And Sayings : p. 181 CHAPTER X. PROVERBS AND SAYINGS. O account of the Customs and Superstitions of the Manx would be complete without touching upon their proverbs and characteristic sayings. For nothing shows the peculiarities in the character and prevailing habits of thought of a people more vividly than its...