Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 1 of 2)
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