TO
ARTHUR WILLIAM MOORE
ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE STUDY
OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NOMENCLAT
URE IN BRITAIN, WHOSE LABOURS IN
THE DOMAIN OF MANX HISTORY, FOLK-
LORE, MUSIC, AND THE VARIOUS OTHER
LITERARY ACTIVITIES IN WHICH HE WAS
ENGAGED, HAS ENRICHED OUR KNOW-
LEDGE OF ELLAN VANNIN, HIS NATIVE ISLE WHICH HE LOVED SO WELL
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED AS
A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO
HIS MEMORY