Watch
It has been attempted to explain it as meaning the Hill of the Watch by Day, in reference to the old institution of Watch and Ward on conspicuous places in the island; but that explanation is inadmiss
It has been attempted to explain it as meaning the Hill of the Watch by Day, in reference to the old institution of Watch and Ward on conspicuous places in the island; but that explanation is inadmiss (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
As to the duty of the inhabitants to keep ' Watch and Ward ' over the island, see the passage concerning it extracted from the Manx Statutes (vol (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
- attestation: It has been attempted to explain it as meaning the Hill of the Watch by Day, in reference to the old institution of Watch and Ward on conspicuous places in the island; but that explanation is inadmiss (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
"It has been attempted to explain it as meaning the Hill of the Watch by Day, in reference to the old institution of Watch and Ward on conspicuous places in the island; but that explanation is inadmissible as doing violence to the phonetics of the words in question^- I am rather inclined to think that the name everywhere refers to an eminence to which the surrounding inhabitants resorted for a religious purpose on a particular day in the year."
- attestation: As to the duty of the inhabitants to keep ' Watch and Ward ' over the island, see the passage concerning it extracted from the Manx Statutes (vol (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
"As to the duty of the inhabitants to keep ' Watch and Ward ' over the island, see the passage concerning it extracted from the Manx Statutes (vol. i. p. 65) by Mr."