Kirk Michael

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: winter, and with them went a Kirk Michael man who had the reputation of being a persona grata to the fairies (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "winter, and with them went a Kirk Michael man who had the reputation of being a persona grata to the fairies."

• attestation: Thus there used to be at one time a famous charmer living near Kirk Michael, to whom the fishermen were in the habit of resorting, and my informant told me that he had been deputed more than once by h (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "Thus there used to be at one time a famous charmer living near Kirk Michael, to whom the fishermen were in the habit of resorting, and my informant told me that he had been deputed more than once by his fellow fishermen to go to him in consequence of their lack of success in the fishing."

• attestation: Thus there used to be at one time a famous charmer living near Kirk Michael (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "the term charmer tends to be associated with a particular class of charm involving the use of herbs. Thus there used to be at one time a famous charmer living near Kirk Michael"

• attestation: At Kirk Michael one woman, who had been out on this errand years ago, told me that she washed her face with the dew in order to secure luck, a good complexion, and safety against witches (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "At Kirk Michael one woman, who had been out on this errand years ago, told me that she washed her face with the dew in order to secure luck, a good complexion, and safety against witches."

• attestation: Thus a tall, black haired native of Kirk Michael described to me how he chanced on New Year's Day, years ago, to turn into a lonely cottage in order to light his pipe, and how he found he was the qual (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "Thus a tall, black haired native of Kirk Michael described to me how he chanced on New Year's Day, years ago, to turn into a lonely cottage in order to light his pipe, and how he found he was the qualtagh: he had to sit down to have food, and when he went away it was with a present and the blessings of the family."

• attribution: Not long after, however, I got into conversation with a shoemaker at Kirk Michael, named Dan Kelly, who was nearly completing his eighty-first year (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "Not long after, however, I got into conversation with a shoemaker at Kirk Michael, named Dan Kelly, who was nearly completing his eighty-first year."