Port Erin — Loredex

attribution: Now one of the Port Erin men asked a man from the north who the Michael man might be: he was curious to know his name, as he had seen him once before, and on that occasion the Michael man was with the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

"Now one of the Port Erin men asked a man from the north who the Michael man might be: he was curious to know his name, as he had seen him once before, and on that occasion the Michael man was with the fairies at his house — the Port Erin man's house — helping himself to bread and cheese in company with the rest, As the fairies were regaling themselves in this instance on ordinary bread and cheese at a living Manxman's expense, the story may perhaps be regarded as not inconsistent with one mentioned by Gumming ^ to the following effect: — ^A man attracted one night as he was crossing the mountains, by fairy music, entered a fairy hall where a banquet was going on."

Now one of the Port Erin men asked a man from the north who the Michael man might be: he was curious to know his name, as he had seen him once before, and on that occasion the Michael man was with the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

"Now one of the Port Erin men asked a man from the north who the Michael man might be: he was curious to know his name, as he had seen him once before, and on that occasion the Michael man was with the fairies at his house — the Port Erin man's house — helping himself to bread and cheese in company with the rest, As the fairies were regaling themselves in this instance on ordinary bread and cheese at a living Manxman's expense, the story may perhaps be regarded as not inconsistent with one mentioned by Gumming ^ to the following effect: — ^A man attracted one night as he was crossing the mountains, by fairy music, entered a fairy hall where a banquet was going on."