Claare ny Gael 19th December 2021

In 1843, the reporter in the Mona's Herald was incredulous that, in that modern and enlightened age, people in Marown believed in witchcraft. However, a trial for trespass on Ballaharry somehow became a hunt for the person who was bewitching the farmer, John Quine, who was also a preacher, and apparently supported in his endeavours by two other preachers on the jury. Richmal Crompton is well-known as the writer of the Just William stories, but we hear a Manx translation of her story which, from the dialogue, she set in the rural United States of America. As y kiaull ain y cheayrt shoh -  NEEAR NESAN - Ushtey millish 'sy gharee PLETHYN - Mil harddach wyt LORI WATSON & THE RULE OF THREE - Poppies TRI YANN - An alarc'h EOGHAIN O CEANNABHAIN - An bhaca tu mo Sheamaisin? ANAO ATAO - Sunny Corner/Frogpool MICHAEL HANLY & MICHEAL O'DONNELL - An bothan a bh' aig Fhionnghuala YSBRYD - Hedfan CLASH VOOAR - Roie, ben Juan Tammie