Manxman

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: A somewhat similar advice to that about the pottage is said to have been given by a mermaid, under similar circumstances, to a Manxman (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "A somewhat similar advice to that about the pottage is said to have been given by a mermaid, under similar circumstances, to a Manxman."

• attribution: Lastly , I may mention that it is unlucky to say that you are very well: at any rate, I infer that it is regarded so, as you wi (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter V: The Fenodyree and his Friends)

  "Lastly, I may mention that it is unlucky to say that you are very well: at any rate, I infer that it is regarded so, as you will never get a Manxman to say that he is/eer vie, ' very well.'"