D10 Manners & Customs (Proverbs)

Introduction

Several collections of Manx Proverbs have been made - those by William Harrison in his two volumes of Manx Miscellanies are probably the most comprehensive and have been raided by many later writers.

Online Pages:

"Proverbs and Sayings" Manx Soc Vol 16 pp17/26
"Sundry Proverbs and Sayings" Manx Soc Vol 16 pp27/41
"Proverbs and Sayings" Manx Soc Vol 21 pp1/13
T.E. Brown "Lecture on Manx Proverbs" Manx Soc Vol 16 pp1/17
A W Moore "Folklore of the Isle of Man" 1891 Chapter 10, deals with proverbs etc
S. Morrison & C.Roeder "Manx Proverbs and Sayings" 1905
C Roeder has many in his "Manx Notes and Queries", 1904 especially #51-59
W.T. Radcliffe "Ellan Vannin", 1895; Chapter VII
A E Lamothe "Manx Yarns", 1905 Chapter 3 (mostly in English translation)


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