Manx Gaelic

Gaelic, the native language of Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man evolved from an old Irish language in use about 1000 years ago. Due to isolation of the three countries at that time, the Gaelic language evolved in different ways but still recognizable as one language. The Scottish and Irish Gaelic is still widely spoken though the Manx almost died out in the late 19C, due to a large extent to Methodism which had great influence in the Island in those , not so enlightened days. It is now making a strong comeback....taught in some schools with kids growing up bi-lingual . Just wish I had that chance when I was younger....though I still speak a bit of Manx with quite a good knowledge of French as well...the perfect language, in my opinion . Anyway, if anyone is interested here are a few words in Manx.

Kys t'ou. Kanys ta shiu ? [ Hello. How are you ]
Ta mee dy mie [ I am well ]
Slane [ pronounced SLARN' ch ] [ Goodbye ]
1 to 10 ...... un, daa, tree, kiare, queig, shey , shiaght, hogh, nuy, jeih

T'eh moddey aym.....[ prounounced Teh MORE'the emm ] [ There is a dog at me ]

You can't say......'I have a dog.'.....no verb ...'to have' ...in Manx. Also no words for 'yes ' and 'no'. Ha, ha ! Have fun, it gets harder.!

Another picture for my many viewers. Peel and the Castle from the Headlands. The pathway led down to the old , open air swimming pool at Traie Fogogue. These pools [ there were several around the Island ] were just large walled off areas in the rocks which retained the water when the tide went out. Cheap and cheerful !

Manx Weather!!!

Wow! Did we have a thunder storm yesterday evening! It came from nowhere and the first peal of thunder shook the house....must have been about 3 ft away ! ....and the heavens opened......I mean, we could do with a bit more rain, couldn't we . It knocked the Broadband signal out for the Island but back on now this a.m.... though a bit slow at the moment. No danger of floods though, Peel is built on sloping ground and water just runs down to the sea.

I hope any viewers of this journal are enjoying the experience, though I suppose, in reality, everyone will be bored stiff...just the thing to put you to sleep at night time!! Anyone with any suggestions to what they might like to hear about the Island , well I will do my best.

Today's picture [ borrowed ] is a view of the Northern Plain taken from the Mountain Rd with Ramsey below. You can see the shape of the Island, well, the Northern tip, from this picture and this fertile land is quite a recent addition to the Isle of Man, the sand and gravel it consists of being deposited there after the last Ice Age when the ice receded. Ramsey [Rhumsaa ...in Manx Gaelic ] is the second largest town on the Island...we only got four !!