Cregeen

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: The term fenodyree has been explained by Cregeen in his Manx Dictionary to mean one who has hair for stockings or hose (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "The term fenodyree has been explained by Cregeen in his Manx Dictionary to mean one who has hair for stockings or hose."

• attestation: The spelling there used is phynnodderee, to the perversity of which Cregeen calls attention in his Dictionary (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "' The spelling there used is phynnodderee, to the perversity of which Cregeen calls attention in his Dictionary."

• attestation: Cregeen, in his Dictionary, defines the qualtagh as ' the first person met on New Year's Day, or on going on some new work, &c (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "Cregeen, in his Dictionary, defines the qualtagh as ' the first person met on New Year's Day, or on going on some new work, &c.'"

• attestation: Before proceeding to give the substance of my notes on the qualtagh of the present day I may as well finish with Cregeen, for he adds the following information:— ' A company of young lads or men gener (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "Before proceeding to give the substance of my notes on the qualtagh of the present day I may as well finish with Cregeen, for he adds the following information:— ' A company of young lads or men generally went in"

• attestation: being,' which Cregeen writes pyagh or p'agh: he rightly regards it as the colloquial pronunciation of peccagh, ' a sinner (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "being,' which Cregeen writes pyagh or p'agh: he rightly regards it as the colloquial pronunciation of peccagh, ' a sinner.'"