Claare ny Gael 30th July 2023

Published: July 30, 2023, 6:08 p.m.

As it was written in the 1790s, David Robertson's 'Review of the Manks History' doesn't have the advantage of modern academic research with input from a wide range of disciplines, but still makes entertaining reading, and we can tease out some of the storylines from our own perspective.

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The coffin of Lucy Westenra was empty in the dead of night, but Lucy is again lying in it the next day. But she's as beautiful as she ever was, despite lying here in a tomb, but her teeth seem longer and sharper now!

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As nyn giaull -
\nSOWENA - Sprig of thyme
\nSKEEAL - She 'neen aeg mish as aalin
\nCARREG LAFAR - Afon yr haf
\nCAPERCAILLIE - Him bo
\nMARIE-JOSEPHE BERTRAND - Gwerz Skolvan
\nBEOGA - Antics
\nSTAA - Kishtey dy yindyssyn
\nJAMIE SMITH'S MABON - Easy on the elephant