CHAPTER IV

Manx Folklore 284

The fenodyree or Manx brownie 286

The sleih beggey or little people 289

The butches or witches and the hare 293

Charmers and their methods 296

Comparisons from the Channel Islands 301

Magic and ancient modes of thought 302

The efficacy of fire to detect the witch 304

Burnt sacrifices 305

Laa Boaldyn or May-day 308

Laa Lhunys or the beginning of harvest 312

Laa Houney or Hollantide beginning the year 315

Sundry prognostications and the time for them 317

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