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Kiaull Manninagh Jiu

These pieces were first published in Kiaull Manninagh Jiu and they are reprinted here with footnotes and sources. They form part of the Manx Notes series.

2018

• [344] ‘An amateur band, consisting of nine performers’ (1871). Manx Notes 344 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ August–September).
• [322] ‘A favourite song was sung by my father’ (1892). Manx Notes 332 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ June–July).
• [321] ‘The thunder boomed loud and the lightning was strong’. Manx Notes 321 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ June–July).
• [314] ‘Sam Hague’s Minstrels’ (1883). Manx Notes 314 (2018): 1. (KMJ April–May).
• [313] ‘Manx Social at Derby Road’ (1905). Manx Notes 313 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ April–May).
• [312] Tune-y-wheeyl-vooar. Manx Notes 312 (2018): 1. (KMJ January 2013).
• [307] A.E. Lamothe on Manx Church Choirs. Manx Notes 307 (2018): 1. (KMJ February—March 2018).
• [306] ‘The local choir was not very much in evidence.’ The Gordon Wesleyan Chapel Annual Tea Meeting and Concert (1910). Manx Notes 306 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ February—March 2018).

2017

• [304] The Christmas Fiddlers or ‘Callers’. Manx Notes 304 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ December 2017—January 2018).
• [303] ‘The concert programme was well rendered.’ The Sons of Mona Society (1904). Manx Notes 303 (2017): 1. (KMJ November 2017).
• [302] The Hymn Tune ‘Ballavarkish’ (1900). Manx Notes 302 (2017): 1. (KMJ November 2017).
• [301] ‘Tommy the Trump’ (1899). Manx Notes 301 (2017): 1. (KMJ November 2017).
• [279] ‘With courting in the winter I’d seldom be in bed.’ Manx Notes 279 (2017): 1. (KMJ October 2017).
• [278] ‘There is an old Manx ballad or lament’ (1873). Manx Notes 278 (2017): 1. (KMJ October 2017).
• [258] ‘Music Book Lost’ (1872). Manx Notes 258 (2017): 1. (KMJ September 2017).
• [257] ‘Manks Songs and Ballads On Sale at the ‘Herald Office’ (1872). Manx Notes 257 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ August 2017).
• [256] ‘Kaneen’s Adventures in Folkland’ (1960). Manx Notes 256 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ August 2017).
• [255] Joseph Cannell and his ‘Impressions of Christmas in Douglas Fifty Years Ago’ (1935). Manx Notes 255 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ July 2017).
• [254] A Peel Manx Picnic (1907). Manx Notes 251 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ June 2017).
• [251] ‘Sung outside the home of the deceased.’ A Note on Funeral Hymns in Ballaugh. Manx Notes 251 (2017): 1. (KMJ May 2017)
• [250] ‘A Manx Song in London.’ Robert Beck and the Grand Gaelic Concert (1899). Manx Notes 250 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ May 2017)
• [249] ‘Pocket Picking at Tynwald Fair’ (1871). Manx Notes 249 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ April 2017)
• [248] ‘The Herring Song’ (1886). Manx Notes 248 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ March 2017)
• [247] ‘Mr A.W. Moore’s collection is less altered than Mr Gill.’ Manx Notes 247 (2017): 1–2. (KMJ February 2017)
• [246] ‘Kissing Games at Sunday School Entertainments’ (1886). Manx Notes 246 (2017): 1. (KMJ January 2017)

2016

[245] A.W. Moore’s Manx Ballads and Music (1896): Index to the Tunes. Manx Notes 245: 1–3. (2016). (KMJ December 2016)
• [244] A.W. Moore’s Manx Ballads and Music (1896): Index to the Texts. Manx Notes 244: 1–3. (2016). (KMJ November 2016)
• [243] ‘Sang two songs into the horn.’ Sophia Morrison and the Manx Language Society Phonograph. Manx Notes 243 (2016): 1. (KMJ October 2016)
• [242] ‘To discourse most excellent music.’ The Rushen Parish West Gallery Players (1864). Manx Notes 242 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ September 2016)
• [241] Some Letters from Dr John Clague to Sophia Morrison (1899–1908). Manx Notes 241 (2016): 1–8. (KMJ August 2016)
• [240] ‘There occur several errors.’ Mona Douglas in dispute with the Manx Language Society (1928). Manx Notes 240 (2016): 1–8. (KMJ July 2016)
• [239] John Callister (1833–1912): A Jurby Folk Singer. Manx Notes 239 (2016): 1–3. (KMJ June 2016)
• [238] Letters from A.G. Gilchrist to Mona Douglas (1922–25). Manx Notes 238 (2016): 1–12. (KMJ June 2016)
• [237] The Sophia Morrison and Josephine Kermode Folk Song Collection. Manx Notes 237 (2016): 1. [Catalogue] (KMJ June 2016)
• [236] Mona Douglas and ‘The Salmon Leap.’ Manx Notes 236 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ May 2016)
• [235] ‘Sword Dance.’ ‘The Dirk Dance’ as noted by Mona Douglas. Manx Notes 235 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ April 2016)
• [234] A Note on Some Letters from A.G. Gilchrist to P.W. Caine (1921–26). Manx Notes 234 (2016): 1–27. (KMJ March 2016)
• [233] ‘Mrs Clague of the Niarbyl.’ Manx Notes 233 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ March 2016)
• [232] The St Andrew’s Folk Dancers. Manx Notes 232 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ February 2016)
• [231] ‘Kelly the Blackguard.’ James Kelly of Patrick and the Salmon Leap. Manx Notes 231 (2016): 1–2. (KMJ January 2016)

2015

• [230] ‘Give the Qualtagh Tea!’ Manx Notes 230 (2015): 1. (KMJ December 2015)
• [229] ‘Billy Boy’ and ‘Mr Bateman.’ An Update. Manx Notes 229 (2015): 1. (KMJ December 2015)
• [228] Concert!!! Manx Notes 228 (2015): 1–2. (KMJ December 2015)
• [227] The Sophia Morrison and Josephine Collection of Manx Folk Songs. Manx Notes 227 (2015): 1–3. (KMJ November 2015)
• [226] ‘John Kelly the Fisherman of Baldrine.’ Manx Notes 226 (2015): 1–4. (KMJ October 2015)
• [225] ‘Class 25—Manx Folk Tune (Hitherto Unpublished).’ The Cruinnaght Vanninagh Ashoonagh Competitions (1926–31). Manx Notes 225 (2015): 1–2. (KMJ October 2015)
• [224] Mylecharaine. Manx Notes 224 (2015): 1. (KMJ September 2015)
• [223] ‘Catchy’ Manx Jig Tunes and Lilts. Manx Notes 223 (2015): 1. (KMJ September 2015)
• [222] ‘Now that Mr WH Gill has made open confession.’ An Update. Manx Notes 222 (2015): 1–2. (KMJ August 2015)
• [218] ‘Now that Mr WH Gill has made open confession.’ W.H. Gill, T.E. Brown, and Manx National Songs (1896). Manx Notes 218 (2015): 1–3. (KMJ June 2015)
• [217] ‘Billy Boy’ and ‘Mr Bateman.’ Manx Notes 217 (2015): 1. (KMJ May 2015)
• [216] ‘Traditional Manx Music (Hitherto Unpublished).’ The Manx Guild Class (1908–14). Manx Notes 216 (2015): 1–3. (KMJ May 2015)
• [215] ‘The toast and song went round.’ John Feltham in the Isle of Man (1797–98). Manx Notes 215 (2015): 1. (KMJ April 2015)
• [214] ‘As the first step in the plan of campaign.’ W.H. Gill on how to collect Folk Songs (1911). Manx Notes 214 (2015): 1–23. (KMJ April 2015)
• [213] What happened to Dr John Clague’s Library and Personal Papers? C.I. Paton and The Misses Kewley (1942). Manx Notes 213 (2015): 1–4. (KMJ March 2015)
• [212] Did Deemster Gill ever photograph Manx Folk Singers? Manx Notes 212 (2015): 1–2. (KMJ February 2015)
• [211] Rev. John Kewley’s Photographs of Manx Folk Singers. Manx Notes 211 (2015): 1–2. (KMJ January 2015)

2014

• [196] J.R. Moore’s Notebook of Manx Folk Song (circa 1910). Manx Notes 196 (2014): 1–5. (KMJ December 2014)
• [195] An Unknown Portrait of W.H. Gill. Manx Notes 195 (2014): 1. Portrait (KMJ December 2014)
• [194] ‘Kiark Catreeney Maroo.’ The Feast of Saint Catherine (6 December). Manx Notes 194 (2014): 1–3. (KMJ November 2014)
• [193] ‘Oh, Mannin veg veen, ta my chree sthill lhiat hene.’ A Manx Broadside about the ‘Manx Fairy’ Steamer. Manx Notes 193 (2014): 1–2. (KMJ October 2014)
• [192] ‘Manx Folkore on the Wireless: Dr James Lyon Broadcasts’ (1930). Manx Notes 192 (2014): 1–2. [>X] (KMJ September 2014)
• [191] ‘Miss Todd,’ ‘Miss M.L. Wood,’ and ‘Miss Mcknight.’ Manx Notes 191 (2014): 1–2. (KMJ August 2014)
• [190] ‘Not Manx Music but Mr Gill’s Music.’ The Musical Times Critique of W.H. Gill (1895). Manx Notes 190 (2014): 1–2. (KMJ July 2014)
• [189] ‘Car yn Cooag’ (‘The Cuckoo Song’). Manx Notes 189 (2014): 1–2. (KMJ June 2014)
• [188] ‘Une Soirée de Musique Celtique.’ Mona Douglas in Quimper (1924). Manx Notes 187 (2014): 1. (KMJ May 2014)
• [187] The Ramsey Albert Road School Dancers in Liverpool (1935). Manx Notes (2014): 1–2. Photographs: [1] [2] (KMJ April 2014)
• [186] Willian Cashen and ‘The Salmon Leap.’ Manx Notes (2014): 1–2. [>X] (KMJ April 2014)
• [185] ‘Dr Clague’s airs should be published.’ The Clague Collection and the Manx Language Society (1914). Manx Notes (2014): 1–4. (KMJ March 2014)
• [184] ‘Ushag Mooar Kione Mael.’ Songs in Imitation of Birds (A Note). Manx Notes (2014): 1. (KMJ February 2014)
• [183] The Bride Tonic Sol-fa Class (1896). Manx Notes (2014): 1–4. (KMJ January 2014)

2013

• [182] ‘Sally’s Love for a Young Husband.’ A Song from the Sophia Morrison Collection. Manx Notes (2014): 1–2. (KMJ December 2013)
• [181] [‘Let’s go to the Fishing, John’]. Manx Notes (2014): 1. (KMJ November 2013)
• [180] ‘Mrs Oliver, Agneash.’ Mona Douglas and her Informants: An Updated Note. Manx Notes (2014): 1–3. (KMJ November 2013)
• [179] ‘I have heard them sung lately in Peel.’ Some Manx Folk Songs collected by Sophia Morrison. Manx Notes (2014): 1–9. (KMJ October 2013)
• [178] ‘Vigorous Horn Blowing.’ The First Sound Recording of Manx Folk Song (1898). Manx Notes (2014): 1–3. (KMJ October 2013)
• [177] ‘A Hard Man, and Wild Mighty….’ Mona Douglas and her Informants. Manx Notes (2014): 1. (KMJ September 2013)
• [176] ‘Many old Manks airs.’ Anne McWhannell’s Lost Manuscript Book. Manx Notes (2014): 1–4. (KMJ September 2013)
• [175] ‘The results are most interesting.’ The Sound Recording Programme of the Manx Language Society. Manx Notes (2014): 1–9. (KMJ August 2013)
• [174] ‘Skinner Crosby—Bride between Dog Mills & Bride Ch.’ William Skinner and the Other Singers of the Gill Brothers. Manx Notes (2014): 1–6. (KMJ July 2013)
• [163] ‘Dr Clague’s first lot.’ Deemster Gill’s Transcript of the Clague Collection. Manx Notes 163 (2013): 1–7. (KMJ June 2013)
• [158] ‘I also received Johnson’s circular.’ The Prospectus for Manx Ballads and Songs. (1894) Manx Notes 151 (2013): 1–6. (KMJ May 2013)
• [150] ‘Taking down music in the Dorian mode is not so easy as it looks:’ P.W. Caine (1887–1956) and Manx Folk Song. Manx Notes 150 (2013): 1–7. (KMJ April 2013)
• [149] ‘The tunes were my absolute property.’ The Afterlife of the Clague Tune Books. Manx Notes 149 (2013): 1–11. (KMJ March 2013)
• [148] ‘I picked up a most beautiful old Manx tune yesterday.’ Sophia Morrison (1859–1917). Manx Notes 148 (2013): 1–6. (KMJ February 2013)
• [147] ‘The Ploughman in Wind-Swept Fields.’ The Folk Singers found by Dr John Clague. Manx Notes 147 (2013): 1–4. [>X] (KMJ January 2013)

2012

• [146] ‘We are the Mollag Band’. Manx Notes 146 (2013): 1–5. (KMJ December 2012)
• [145] Manx National Airs: The Lost Work of Deemster J.F. Gill and Doctor John Clague. Manx Notes 145 (2013): 1–8. (KMJ November 2012)
• [144] ‘How old is ‘Jinny the Witch’? Manx Notes 144 (2013): 1–5. (KMJ October 2012)
• [143] ‘An inquiry into Manx Folk Music.’ A.P. Graves and Manx National Songs. Manx Notes 143 (2013): 1–5. (KMJ September 2012)
• [142] ‘The Wheezy Concertina.’ The Celebration of the Mhellia. Manx Notes 142 (2013): 1–5. (KMJ August 2012)
• [141] ‘Ree! Ben Juan Tammy (‘Run! John Tommy’s Wife’).’ Manx Notes 141 (2012): 1–4. (KMJ July 2012)
• [140] ‘The Demon Lover.’ Annie Gell as Collector. Manx Notes 140 (2012): 1–4. (KMJ June 2012)
• [139] ‘The tipsy fiddler; Molly Charane.’ George Borrow in the Isle of Man (1855). Manx Notes 139 (2012): 1–4. (KMJ May 2012)
• [138] ‘On the Manx Quest.’ Sophia Morrison and Josephine Kermode. Manx Notes 138 (2012): 1–4. (KMJ April 2012)
• [137] ‘Written down by Miss Cressie Dodd & myself.’ Cressy Dodd as Collector. Manx Notes 137 (2012): 1–3. (KMJ February 2012)
• [136] Floutyn er Vooinjer Ghelby. Manx Notes 136 (2012): 1–4. (KMJ January 2012)

2011

• [135] ‘The Evils of holding Ill-Verries.’ Carval Singing in the Isle of Man. Manx Notes 135 (2012): 1–3. (KMJ December 2011)
• [134] ‘Phillie the Desert.’ Philip Caine of Rensault, East Baldwin. Manx Notes 134 (2012): 1–3. (KMJ November 2011)
• [133] The Robert Gawne Collection of Manx Folk Song. Manx Notes 133 (2012): 1–3. (KMJ October 2011)
• [132] Father Henebry and John Strachan as Collectors. Manx Notes 132 (2012): 1–2. (KMJ September 2011)
• [131] Cressy Dodd: An Unrecognised Manx Song Collector. Manx Notes 131 (2012): 1–2. (KMJ August 2011)
• [130] ‘Tommy the Mate.’ A Note on Thomas Crellin. Manx Notes 130 (2012): 1–2. (KMJ July 2011)

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