full index - Manx Soc vol XI

[from Manx Soc Vol XI]

INDEX .

Act of Revestment	note 4, page 82
Admiral of the Herring Fleet	note 81, p 130
Agriculture	page 2; note 5, page 82
Alderley Edge, Cheshire, Legend of	note 51, p 109
Altar Cup in Aagerup	note 47, p 105
Angling	page 51
Antediluvian Remains	pages 62, 72
,, ,, large brass shoes	page 72
Apparition at Castle Rushen	page 36; note 52, p 109
,, in Kirk German mountains	page 37
Atholl, Duke of, Sale of his Rights and Privileges to the British Government	Introduction, page viii; note 22, p 89
Ball, Dr.	page 23;
,, censured and his death	note 42, p 100
Ballafletcher Drinking Glass	note 47, p. 106
Ballasalla, Market for Fowls	page 15
,, a Village	note 9, page 85
,, Old Bridge at	page 59; note 84, p l 33
Banns of Matrimony	page 60; note 85, p 133
Beltein	note 73, p 125
Bishop, power to commit to Peel Castle prison	note 58, p 113
Bishopric of Man, the oldest in the British Isles	note 12, p 85
Books in the Manx tongue	page 16; note 36, p 95
Bows and Arrows, shooting with	page 50; note 75, p 127
Brand, Mr., on Fairies	note 46, p 104
Bridge from Point of Ayre to Barrow Head	note 95, p 138
Bridge., nine in number	page 58
,, Inhabitants refused to pay a penny per year to build new ones	page 59 note 84, p 133
Bridges, Acts of 1739 and 1753 for repairing old and making new	note 48, p 133
Bridle, punishment of	page 41; note 63, p 115
,, one ordered by Bishop Wilson	note 63, p 115
,, description of one at Newcastle-under-Lyme,	note 63, p 115;
,, used in Scotland,.	note 63, p 115
Bridson's, Paul, Parlour	note 71, p 123
Broth, first dish at a Manx feast	page 49
Burman, James, Tables of Temperature	note 6, page 83
,, Fall of Rain	note 6, page 83
Burnet's Theory of the Earth	page 42
Butchers' brass money	note 92, p 136

Caldicott, Robert, of the Nunnery	note 69, p 122
Calf of Man	page 52
,, Rabbits abound in	note 80, p 129
Campbell, Mr., On difficulty in getting a Manxman to relate a tale	Introduction, pages xi, xxii
Carrans	page 51
Castle Rushen, subterranean dwelling under	page 5; note 16, p 86
,, description of	pages 58; note 19, p 88
,, subterranean chambers found in 1816 and 1863	note 16, p 86
,, Chapel in	page 8
Castletown, the metropolis	page 3

,, the Castle	pages 38
,, Courts of Judicature	page 3
,, said to have been a little Isle within the town	page 3; note 11,
,, Stone Chair at entrance of Castle	page 4; note 14. page 86
,, Room where the keys sit	page 4; note 15, p 86
,, Description of Castle	page 5; note 16, p 86; note 19, p 88
,, Government House	page 8
,, Small College at	page 62; note 88, p 135
,, Coins found in the Castle	page 71
,, large brass shoes	page 72

Cathedral of St. Germans	note 23, p 89; note 24, p 90; note 44, p 103
Cattle Markets	page 39; note 56, p 111
Census Return, 1861	note 33, p 94
Changelings	page 29, note 49, p 108
,, modes to avert and to get rid of	note 49, p 108
Christian, Capt. Edward, confined in Peel Castle	note 25, p 90
Christenings, Festivities at	page 60
,, Fairy Mock	page 32
Christmas, Festivities at	page 49; note 74, p 125
,, Cutting off the Fiddler's Head	page 50
Church Yard used for the Parson's Cattle	page 61
Cinderella and the Glass Slipper	Introduction, page xiv
Circles in the Grass	page 37; note 54, p 110
Clay, Dr Charles, Paper on Manx Currency	note 92, p 137
Clergy keep the people in ignorance	page 16; note 34, p 94
Climate	page 2; note 6, page 83
Coin, ancient, and silver Crucifix found	page 42; note 66, p 117/120
,, of Robert Bruce	note 92, p 136
Coinage	page 71; Manx Pennynote 17, p 87; note 92, ps 136, 137
,, Dr, Clay's Paper on Manx-	note 92, p 137
College in Castletown	page 62; note 88, p 135
Commitments to Peel Prison	note 25, p 90
,,	page 27; note 44, p 101
Corbet, Bishop, Farewell to Fairies	note 46, p 105
Courts, Sheading	page 40; note 61, p 114
,, Chancery	page 40; note 62, p 115
,, Spiritual	page 41
Creels	page 51
Crossag Bridge, the oldest	note 84, p 133
Crypt under St. German's Cathedral	note 25, p 90
Cuming's, Syers, remarks on Plate of Medals	note 66, p 118
Cumming, Rev J. G., on the Climate	note 6, page 83
Cutting off the Fiddler's head	page 50

Dancing, take great delight in	page 48
Dasent, Dr, Remarks on Tradition	Introduction, page Levi
Defamation, Punishment for	note 64, p 116
Derby, Earl of, Lord of Man	page 26
,, ,' all warrants for life or death signed by	page 27
,, ,, sends over a supply of copper coin	note 92, p 136
Derbyhaven	page 8
r ,, Fort at the mouth of	page 8; note 20, p 88
Devil's Den	page 68
Discipline of the Church	page 21; note 39, p 96
Discovery of the Island	page 7; note 17, p 87
Dog-fish tear the nets	page 53
,, public prayers to take away	page 53
Doors unbarred	page 63;
,,no highwaymen or housebreakers	page 63; note 89, page 135
Douglas, Description of	page 8; note 21, p 88
,, Smuggling carried on from	page 8
Douglas, Fort at	page 47; note 71, p 221
Dovaston, Mr., on Fairy Circles	note 64, p i 10
Dove, Professor, Tables of Temperature	note 6, page $3
Drinking, the only diversion of the better sort	page 50
Drontheim, Records taken to	page 3; note 10, p S5
Druids, former inhabitants of the Island	note 17, p S7
Ducketoons	note 92, p 136
Dungeon under Peel Cathedral	page 10; note 25, p 90
Dwellings under the Sea	notes 82 and 83, page 1:32
,, ,, one near Langness	note 83, p 132
,, ,, at Lake Killarney	Introduction, page xxi

Ecclesiastic Court	page 16
Ecclesiastical Constitutions proclaimed at St John's, 6th June, 1704	not page 101

Eels, large	page 52
Epitaphs in Peel Castle	page 11; note 26, p 91
,, at the Nunnery	page 45
Extent of the Island	page 1; note 1, page 81

Fairies, Account of	Introduction, page iv
,, first inhabitants of the Island	pages 7, 27
,, called the good people	page 27; note 46, p 104
,, seeing	note 46, p 104
,, a pail of clean water set for	page 28
,, ~vbipping a girl	page 32
,, mock christenings	page 32
,, fond of riding large horses	page 33; note 50, p 108
,, hunting	page 33; note 50, p 108
,, horse dealing of	page 34; note 51, p !09
,, music of	pages 37, 68; note 53, p 110
,, fairy circles	page 37; note 54, p 110
,, fairy saddle at Ballafletcher	page 65; note 90, p 135
,, fairy lake and cress	page 68
,, bring good fortune with them	page 69
,, fairy doctor	note 46, p 104
,, removal of	note 46, p 104
,, Danish story of	note 46, p 104
,, Bishop Corbet's farewell to	note 46, p 105
,, fairy cup of Kirk Malew	page 28; note 47, p 105
,, various fairy cups	note 47, p 106
,, cup of ballafletcher	note 47, p 106
,, fiddler to the	page 29; note 48, p 107
,, story of the Inverness fiddlers	note 48, p 107
Fairs	page 51; note 76, p 128
,, order respecting, 23rd June, 1861	note 76, p 128
Falcons, last presented	note 4, page 82
Fiddler to the fairies	page 29; note 48, p 107
Fire, necessity of perpetual	page 7; note 18, p 87
Fishermen attended by a Clergyman	page 52
Forks first introduced by Coryatt, from Italy	note 72, p 124
Fort built by the Earl of Derby	pages 8, 15; note 20, p 88; note 30, p 92
,, at Douglas	page 47; note 71, p 122
,, used as a prison	note 71, p 123
Funerals, mock	page 38; note 55, p 110
,, no invitations given to	page 61; note 87, p 134
,, numerous attendance at	page 61
,, go three tithes round the cross	page 61

Gabalis, Count of, on book	page 27; note 45, p 103
Oermanus, St.	note 24, p 90
Gervase, of Tilbury, on a fairy horn	note 47, p 106
Ghosts haunt the wilds of the Island	pages 66, 69
Gloucester, Duchess of, confined in Peel Castle	page 14; note 25, p 90
,, ,, spirit of	page 14; note 29, p 92
Great Officers of the Eland	page 4; note 13, p 86
Great Man's Chamber	note 71, p 123
Head, large one found at Kirk Arbory	page 61
Hedges	page 41; note 65, p 117
,, Law respecting	note 65, p 117
Hermit once lived in Kirk Marown rocks	page 63
Herrings, chief food of the poor	pages 2, 51, 62
,, Fishery	page 52; note 81, ps 129/ 132
,, Commission of Enquiry, 1864, extracts from the examination	note 81,pages 129 131
Heywood, Capt. Thomas, excommunicated and absolved	note 42, p 100;note 69, p 121
Heywood family, account of	note 69, p 121 *
Historica of the Island	note 93, p 137
Holme Isle, or Sodor at Peel	note 12, p 85
Horses, small, but fleet and hardy	page 51; note 77, p 128
Home, Governor, refuses the aid of soldiers in commitments	note 44, p 102
Horton, Governor, prejudiced against the Church	note 37, p 96
,, refuses aid of soldiers in commitments	note 44, p 103
Hounds, Witch, of Barra	note 27, p 91
Hoer of Douglas	page 46
Hunt the Wren	page 49; note 74, p 126
,, song of	note 74, p 126

Infants changed in their cradles	page 29; note 49, p 108
,, various modes to prevent	note 49, p 108
Introduction	pages vii, xxiii
Inverness Fiddlers	note 48, p 107
lone, a Bishop's see called Sodor	page 3
Isle of Man, its situation	page 1
,, extent	page l; note 1, page 81
,, ancient names	page l; note 2, page 82
,, Britocs the first inhabitants	page 1
,, Norwegians held it a long time	page 1; note 3, page 82
,, English had it at the end of Edward I.	page l
,, Grant to Sir John Stanley by Henry IV	page l; note 4, page 82
,, wheat, rye, and barley	page 2
,, oats in great plenty	page 2
,, potatoes	page 2; note 5, page 82
,, seasons	page 2; note 6, page 83
,, great age of the people	page 2; note 7, page 84
,, black cattle	page 2
,, hogs and goats abound	page 2
,, kid eat as common as lamb	page 2
,, poultry, great store of	page 2
,, salmon and cod	page 2; note 78, p 128
,, herrings	2; note 81, ps 129, 131
,, buildings mostly of stone	page 2
,, finest brooks in the world	page 2
,, turf	page 2; note 8, page 84
,, towns	page 3; note 9, page 85
,, no wood or forest	pages 41, 63
,, fern and gorse plenty	page 41
,, mountains, principal	page 58
,, mode of formation	page 58
,, bridges, nine in number	page 58; note 84, p 133
,, polite society to be found	page 66
,, Isle once much larger	page 76
,, works on the Island before Waldron's time	note 93, p 137

Jenkinson and Ball, Drs.	page 23; note 42, p 100
John Murray's Penny	note 92, p 136
Kendal Church, inscription on bell	note 86, p 134
Keys, House of ~ room they sit in	page 4; note 15, p 86
lackeys, House of, are called the Parliament	page 4
King's, Rev. C. W., remarks on plate of medals	note 66, p 117
King William's Sands	page 76; note 95, p 138
Kirby	note 90, p 136
Kirk Jarmyns, strong argument of	pages 21-50; note 38, p 96
Knives, forts, and spoons in little use	page 48; note 72, p 123
,, first manufacture of	note 72, p 123
Laws, severely executed	page 16
Lawsuits, cheapness renders frequent	page 40
,, men plead their own cause	page 40 Lawyers page 40; note 60, p 114
,, first legislative enactment respecting, in 1763	note 60, p 114
Leather Money	page 71; note 92, ps 136, 137
Leg bone of a man fumed, near four feet long	page 61
Linen and woollen cloth sold at fairs	page 51
Longevity of the people	page 7; note 7, page 84
Lord's steward, the first refusal of cattle	page 39
Lloyd, Governor, appointment of	Introduction, page x
,, refuses the aid of soldiers in commitments	Introduction, page
x.; note 44, p 102
,, hunting on a Sunday	Introduction, page at
Luther, Martin, opinion on traditional tales	Introduction, page YViii
Magician's palace	page 72
Macguire's, or New Town	pages 3, 15, 62; note 9, page 85; note 31, p 92
,, ,, built by a native of Ireland	page 15
,, ,, the cause of a riot near Kirk Michael	note 31, p 92
Malew, cup of	page 28; note 47, p 105
Man found in perfect preservation	page 42
Manx believe there is a world under the waves	Introduction, page Hi
Manxman, description of his evening	Introduction, page xxii
,, what he truly is	page 27
Manxmen, idolisers of the clergy	page 16
Manx penny, device of	note 17, p 87
Map of the Island	note 1, page 81
Markets kept on Saturday	page 62
,, little butchers' meat bought by the single joint	in page 62
,, orders with reference to	note 56, p 111
Marriage portion	page 59
Matrimony, banns of	page 60; note 85, p 133
Mawdesley, Governor', order for soldiers to aid in commitments	note 44, p
May pole	note 73, p 125
Medals found	page 42; note 66, p 117
Men ride to market, women walls	page 74
Men use the women with little ceremony	page 74
,, reason for this	page 74
Mermaids and mermen, belief in	pages 53, 54, 65; note 82, p 1&2
Mermaid in love	page 65; note 17, p 87; note 91, p 135
Iist continually hanging over the land	page 7; note 17, p 87
mist first put on by a mermaid	note 17, p 87
Mock funerals	page 38; note 55, p 110
Moddey Doo	page 12; note 27, p 91
Money formerly leather	page 71; note 92, ps 136, 137
Mountains, the principal	page 58
,, mode of formation	page 58
Music at weddings	page 60; note 86, ps 133, 138
,, tune of " the Black and Gray"	note 86' page 134
Names of the Island	page 1; note 2, page 82
Natives very strong	page 51
Norwegians long in possession of the Island	page 1; note 3, page 82
Notes	pages 81, 139
Nunnery, the	page 44; note 68, p 120
,, inscriptions in	page 45
,, antiquities	page 45
,, caverns under	page 46
,, well now dried up	page 46
,, St. Bridget the founder	note 68, p 120

Nun's chair of penance at the How	page 46; note 70, p 122
Oats in great plenty	page 2
Ob, an ancient coin	note 8, page 84
Officers of the Island	page 4; note 13, p 86
Olans, Flagons, description of Mayday	note 73, p 124
Onchan, phantom carriage in	note 50, p 109

Parishes, names of the	page 15; note 32, p 93
Parochial Libraries commenced by Bishop Wilson	note 34, p 94
,, ,, Act of Tynwald for their protection and preservation	note 34, page 95
Paten in Malew Church, inscription on	note 47, p 106
Patrick St., the first stone church builder	note 24, p 90
Peel, description of the town	pages 9-15
,, the Castle	pages 9, 13; note 23, p 89
Peel, locking the Gates of	page 12, note 28; page 92
,, Fortifications round	page 10
,, Four Churches in	page 10
,, Prison under the Cathedral	page 10; note 25, p 90
,, Places for Penance under the Churches	page 10; note 58, p 113
,, Marble Monuments and Epitaphs in	page 11; note 26, p 91
,, Gates locked at night	page 12; note 23, p 92
,, Passage from the Church closed up	page 12
,, Mauthe Doog	page 12; note 27, p 91
,, Castle built for the Education of Princes	page 14
,, Duchess of Gloucester confined in	page 14; note 25, p 90.
,, Spirit of	page 14; note 29, p 92
,, Formerly only a pile of logs of wood	page 41
,, Round Tower in Castle	note 24, p 90
Penance in Church	page 21; note 40, ps 97, 99
Penny-Manx	note 17, p 87
Piles	page 8.
,, Extent of hovering laws	note 22, p 88
Poets would benefit by a trip here	page 63
Polite society to be found	page 66
Popish Childreh in Protestant Schools	page 19
Popish Priests	19; note 37, p 96
Population	page 16; note 33, p 93
Port Iron	p.'ges 52, 53, 54
Potatoes, abundance of	page 2; note 5, page 82
Poultry, great store of	page 2
Prayer prior to going out to fish	note 81, p 131
,, in the Litany	note 81, p 132
Preface to the folio edition of 1731	page i
Priesthood, censure on the	page 20
Public Shows, none	page 50 ~-
Puffins	page 52; note 79, p 129
Purchase of the Revenues	note 4, page 82; note 22, p 89
,, ,, Acts for	Introduction' page viii
Purging	page 21; note 40, p 97
,, mode for a minor ob ..e,	note 40, p 97;
,, and for more serious cases	-note 40, ps 97, 99
Quakers confined in Peel Castle	note 25, p 90
Queen of May, custom of	page 48; note 73, p 124
,, ,, Olaus Magnus description of	note 73, p 124
Rabbits	page 52; note 80, p 12P
Rabbits abound in the Calf	note 80, p 129
Ramsey-	page 15; Fort at page 15; note 30, p 92
Records at Castletown	page 3
,, old ones taken to Drontheim	pages 3, 6; note 10, p 85
,, Mr Stevenson offered to purchase	page 3
Revenues of the Island purchased by the British Government	note 4, page 8, note 22, p 89
,, increase since the purchase	note 22, p 89
Robbers or Highwaymen, none	page 63
Round Tower in Peel Castle	note 24, p 90
Rushen Abbey, not mentioned by Waldron	note 68, p 120
,, Castle, description of	pages 5, 8
,, ,, Chapel in	page 8
,, ,, Subterranean Dwellings found	note 16. page 86
,, ,, Built by Guthred in 960	note 19, p 88
Rutter, Bishop, inscription on his tomb in German Cathedral	note 26, p 91

Sacheverell's Remarks on the Church of the Isle of Man, Introduction	page
Salmon	page 2, 52; note 78, p 128
,, : present Rent of Fisheries	note /8, page 128
Salt, great veneration for	page 74; note 9 l, pages 137, 138
,, put into the Churn	note 94, p 138
,, the first article taken into the hoarse on removal	note 94, p 138
,, large quantities smuggled	page 89
Schools, mode of instruction in	page 18
Scott's, Sir Walter, opinion on Waldron's work, Introduction	page ix.
Seal's Skin, benefit of securing one	note 82. page 132
Second Sight	page 38; note 55, p 110
,, Dr. Johnson's remarks on	note 55, p 110
Sheading Courts	page 40; note 61, p 114
Shoes made of brass	page 72
Skillion Port	note 70, p 122
Sligs used as spoons	page 49
Smuggling	page 8; note 22, p 88
Sodor, Title of, from the Church at Peel	page 4; note 12, p 85
Soldiers of the garrison, Courteous and civil to prisoners	page 40
Sounds under the sea heard	page 57
Spiritualism, present belief in	Introduction, ~iv.
Spottisn code, Archbishop	page 4
Stanley, Sir John, Grant of the Island	page 1; note 4, page S2
Stocks, punishment of	note 63, p 116
Stone Chair et the entrance of Castle Rushen	page 4; note 1J, page 86

,, Token	page 40; note 59, p 113
Stone Token, Act against Counterfeit	note 59, p 113
,, ,, Abolished 1763	note59, page 113
St. Patrickts Church in Peel Castle	note 24, p 90
,, the first stone church builder	note 24, p 90
Subterranean Dwellings	pages 5, 47
,, ,, under Castle Rushen	note 16, p 86
Sumner	page 27
Tale, The Spell-bound Giant	page 5
,, Discovery of the Island from Enchantment	page 7
,, The Black Dog, or Moddoy Doo	page 12; note 27 page 91
,, Spirit of the Duchess of Gloucester	page 14; note 29, p 92
,, Widow of the Black Gentleman	page 23
,, Fairy Cup of Kirk Malew	page 28; note 47, p 105
,, The Unfortunate Fiddler	page 29
,, The Fairy Elf	page 29
,, The Kidnappers	page 30
,, Whipping of the Little Girl	page 32
,, Fairy Christening	page 32
,, The Wiry Horn	page 33
,, The School Boys	page 34
,, The Bargain	page 34
,, Second Sight	page 35
,, The Apparition of Castle Rushen	page 36
,, Fairy Music	page 37
,, Mock Funeral	page 38
,, The Water Bull, or Tarroo-ushtey	page 43
,, The Nuns' Chairs	page 46
,, Queen of May	page 48; note 73, p 124
,, Hunt the Wren	page 49; note 74, p 126
,, The Captured Mermaid	page 54
,, The Treasures of the Sea	page 55
,, Stone Cross of Balla'detcher	page 64
,, The Mermaid's Courtship	page 65
,, The Duel on the Shore	page 66
,, The Spirit Hoa Hoa	page 67
,, The Devil's Den	page 68
,, The Fairy Lake	page 68
,, The Mountain Ghost	page 69
,, The Magician's Palace	page 72
,, Enchantress Tehi Tegi	page 75
,, Origin of King William's Sands	page 76; note 95, p 138
Tale and Traditions, various writers on	Introduction, pages xvi, sviii
,, ,, Ground plot common to all nations	Introduction, page zix
,, ,, Ample stores yet to be met with in the Island	Introduction, page sxiii
Temperature of the Island	note 6, page 83
Timber, none but what is found in Bogs	pages 42, 63
Tolren, Stone, marked with the Governor'g name	page 40; note, 59, page 113
Tongue, thou hast lied	page 41; note 64, p 116
Towns, Chief	peg - ; note 9, page 85
Treasure trove	note 66, p 119
Trold, Danish story of a	note 46, p 104
Turf for firing	page 2
Turf, statutes on	note 8, page 84
Twelfth-day custom	page 50
Tynwald Court usually held in Castle Rushen	note 19, p 88
Tynwald Hill	note 3, page 82

Writts, Order respecting, at the Court-Leet, Manchester	note 86, p 139
Why, The dead	page 60
Waldron, George, Educated at Falstead in Essex	Introduction, page vii
,, ,, Post he held in the Island	Introduction, page vii
,, ,, Various editions of his Works	Introduction, pages ix, xi
,, ,, The earliest author of the Tales and Superstitions of the Island	Introduction, page xiv
,, ,, Many Writers mention his Tales	Introduction, pages ix, xv
Walker, Dr. William, translation of the New Testament into Manx	page 16;note 35, p 95; note 36, p 96
Warnings of approaching death	page 36
Warwick, Thomas, Earl of, confined in Peel Castle	note 25, p 90
Water bull	page 43; note 67, p 120
Weddings, Festivities at	page 59
,, Bridesmen carry wands as an emblem of superiority	page 60
,, Music at	page 60; note 86, ps 133, 138, 139
,, The " Black and the Grey," only tune played at	page 60; note 8'
,, Walk three times round the Church	page 60
Widow of Douglas murdered her three children	page 22; note 41, p ] 00
Wild fowl, plentiful	page 52
Wilson, Bishop, enthroned	Introduction, page xii
,, ,, establishes parochial libraries	note 34, p 94
,, ,, his efforts to promote education	Introduction, page xii
,, ,, praise of	page26; note43, pagelO1
Wilson, Bishop, his imprisonment in Castle Rushen	note 39, p 97
,, ,, remark on lawyers	note 60, p 114
Winding sheet, formerly put on when walking	page 46
Wolf, an apparition of a	page 37
Woman saved from drowning on the breaking down of Douglas bridge	page 59
Wood, Major John	page 44; note 69, p 121
Wooden horse, punishment of	note 63, p 116

Yarding, custom of	page 39; note 57, p 111
,, of no force in the Bishop's lands	page 39
,, statutes on	note 57, p 111
,, strength of porridge for a yarded servant	note 57, p 113




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