Claare ny Gael 1st September 2019

Bob Carswell delivers a weekly programme of great Manx Gaelic broadcasting and entertainment. In telling Thomas, Lord Fairfax about the rocks and minerals of the Island in his account written in 1653, James Chalenor refers to a mine at Bradda exploited by Captain Edward Christian. The editor of the Manx Society Vol X (1864) reprint of Chalenor's work is the Rev. J G Cumming, and his note on this important figure in Manx history takes up most of our attention this time. We start on a version in Manx of George Orwell's satire on Stalinism, Gowaltys ny Beiyn. As y kiaull ain : FLORRIE FORDE - What happened to the Manx cat's tail? : SERIOUS KITCHEN - Ormiston's : TONY TRUSCOTT - A didjan for bucca : STEVAN VINCENDEAU & THOMAS FELDER - La Ruelmain : STEVE EAVES - Ymlaen mae Canaan : CAROL WALKER - Alas! the horse is gone (Ta'n bock, aboo! ersooyl) : CHRISTY MOORE - Don't forget your shovel : EMILY SMITH & JAMIE MacCLENNAN - The salt necklace