J B Keig published a booklet in 1933 of nicknames used by the inhabitants of Ballaugh between 1860 and 1900, when there were unrelated families with the same surname and forenames were often of a small range, so people were identified individually, often in relation to their father and grandfathers.
\n\nIn Bram Stoker's Dracula, Professor Van Helsing is explaining the history of Count Dracula to the friends who have come together to try to hunt him out and, if possible, to destroy him. But who might be listening in?
\n\nAs y kiaull ain -
\nFRANCIS AR MOAL & GEORGES SELLERS - An deiz all o pourmen e oan bet
\nBUNSCOILL Y DHOON - Geay jeh'n aer
\nKERENSA - Quay fair/Gelasma
\nEMMET SPICELAND - Ta na baid
\nELLEN WILLIAMS & DAVID GEORGE HARRINGTON - Lisa lan
\nRACHEL HAIR & RON JAPPY - The proofreader
\nALAN STIVELL - Son ar chistr
\nMANDY GRIFFIN, PATRICIA CULLEN & SIMEON WOOD - The crows
\nDAVEY & DYER - Elsie's harmonium