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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.

2024

• [665] Edward Corteen (1827–1913). Manx Notes 665 (2024): 1–3. (KMJ August 2024)
• [664] Henry Sayle, ‘Shilg yn Drayne’ (1896). Manx Notes 664 (2024): 1–4. (KMJ July 2024)
• [663] ‘The audience were highly delighted with the entertainment’. Manx Notes 663 (2024): 1. (KMJ July 2024)
• [659] ‘The organist being indisposed’ (1936). Manx Notes 659 (2024): 1. (KMJ June 2024)
• [646] ‘The delightful and popular tune “Lumen Verum”’ (1906). Manx Notes 646 (2024): 1–2. (KMJ May 2024)
• [645] ‘Wednesday was the day chosen for the outing, and via Glen Helen the route’ (1907). Manx Notes 645 (2024): 1–2. (KMJ May 2024)
• [644] ‘Having had quite enough of it’ (1901). Manx Notes 644 (2024): 1. (KMJ May 2024)
• [643] ‘Telephone number Torquay 4693’ (1950). Manx Notes 643 (2024): 1. (KMJ April 2024)
• [642] ‘Three old and unpublished Manx hymn tunes’ (1950). Manx Notes 642 (2024): 1. (KMJ April 2024)
• [641] ‘Danish fishermen learn Manx hymn’ (1937). Manx Notes 641 (2024): 1. (KMJ April 2024)
• [640] ‘A new tune’ (1900). Manx Notes 640 (2024): 1. (KMJ March 2024)
• [639] ‘Hear what duties I have been obliged to discharge’ (1834). Manx Notes 639 (2024): 1–2. (KMJ March 2024)
• [638] ‘“Modern Nite” at Port Erin’ (1960). Manx Notes 638 (2024): 1. (KMJ February 2024)

2023

• [620] ‘The young people and others brought candles with them’ (1848). Manx Notes 620 (2023): 1–2. (KMJ December 2023)
• [619] ‘With a bit of a song at her!’ Manx Notes 619 (2023): 1. (KMJ December 2023)
• [618] ‘The musical portion was in the hands of Mr A.E. Corlett.’ A Manx Folk Song Concert in Lincolnshire (1929). Manx Notes 618 (2023): 1. (KMJ November 2023)
• [617] ‘Roaring discordant catches’ (1784). Manx Notes 617 (2023): 1. (KMJ November 2023)
• [616] ‘Please do come and do your stuff.’ Billy Cain writes to Mona Douglas (1948). Manx Notes 616 (2023): 1–3. (KMJ October 2023)
• [615] ‘Dear Mr Hall Caine’ (1900). Manx Notes 615 (2023): 1. (KMJ October 2023)
• [614] ‘An Italian investigating the folklore of this small Northern isle.’ Nikolai Giovannelli writes to Maud Karpeles (1954). Manx Notes 614 (2023): 1–2. (KMJ October 2023)
• [613] ‘I have not found any dance over here traditionally connected with any stone monument.’ Mona Douglas writes to Maud Karpeles (1935). Manx Notes 613 (2023): 1–3. (KMJ September 2023)
• [612] ‘Really, I am thoroughly tired of the whole business.’ Mona Douglas writes to Arnold Foster (1936). Manx Notes 612 (2023): 1–2. (KMJ July–August 2023)
• [611] ‘Not Manx but Irish’—Sleih gyn Thie and the Fathaby Jig. Manx Notes 611 (2023): 1–2. (KMJ July–August 2023)
• [610] ‘Tommy the Trump’ (1899). Manx Notes 610 (2023): 1–3. (KMJ June 2023)
• [609] Arthur Frederick Killey. Manx Notes 609 (2023): 1–4. (KMJ June 2023)
• [608] William Curphey, Folk Singer. Manx Notes 608 (2023): 1. (KMJ May 2023)
• [607] Mona Douglas (1926). Manx Notes 607 (2023): 1. (KMJ May 2023)
• [606] ‘A highly successful Manx Concert.’ Frances Corlett at the Gladstone Hall, Port Sunlight (1910). Manx Notes 606 (2023): 1–2. (KMJ April 2023)
• [605] ‘Little Manks music is to be met with’ (1802). Manx Notes 605 (2023): 1. (KMJ March 2023)
• [604] ‘Notes on Dr Clague’s Collection of Manx Tunes.’ P.W. Caine and the Clague Collection (1915). Manx Notes 604 (2023): 1. (KMJ January 2023) | Letter from P.W. Caine to Sophia Morrison, 20 February 1915.
• [603] ‘The utmost decorum was observed in the proceedings’ (1866). Manx Notes 603 (2023): 1. (KMJ January 2023)

2022

• [592] ‘Manx Solo for Juniors’ (1913). Manx Notes 592 (2022): 1. (KMJ December 2022)
• [591] ‘Manx Broadcast’ (1932). Manx Notes 591 (2022): 1. (KMJ December 2022)
• [590] ‘(You’ll understand which part Arnold has dictated).’ Arnold and Roberta Foster write to Mona Douglas (1930). Manx Notes 590 (2022): 1–2. (KMJ November 2022)
• [589] ‘The utmost decorum was observed in the proceedings’ (1866). Manx Notes 589 (2022): 1. (KMJ October 2022)
• [588] Aeglagh Vannin’s broadcast on Telefis Eireann (1965). Manx Notes 588 (2022): 1–2. (KMJ August 2022)
• [581] The Dangers of Music Rehearsals (1851). Manx Notes 581 (2022): 1. (KMJ May 2022)
• [580] ‘The Erection of a New Singers’ Gallery’ (1851). Manx Notes 580 (2022): 1. (KMJ April 2022)
• [579] ‘With several incapable cornets.’ The Douglas Salvation Army Band (1893). Manx Notes 579 (2022): 1. (KMJ March 2022)
• [578] ‘Get up a National Band Concert in the Skating Rink’ (1885). Manx Notes 578 (2022): 1. (KMJ March 2022)
• [576] ‘Old Tommy Cringle, with his violin’ (1899). Manx Notes 576 (2022): 1. (KMJ February 2022)
• [575] ‘Sing Dark-eyed Susan for the girls’ (1878). Manx Notes 575 (2022): 1. (KMJ February 2022)
• [574] P.W. Caine, ‘Songs of Drink’ (1924). Manx Notes 574 (2022): 1–3. (KMJ January 2022)
• [573] ‘He talked much to his sister about the Manx songs.’ Manx Notes 573 (2022): 1. (KMJ January 2022)

2021

• [570] ‘On the former occasion there was an entire absence of Manx singing.’ The Agneash Oiel Verrey (1902). Manx Notes 570 (2021): 1. (KMJ December 2021)
• [569] ‘Were you singing hymns?’. Manx Notes 569 (2021): 1. (KMJ December 2021)
• [568] ‘Mr Corran was not much of a musical genius.’ T.E. Brown recalls James Corran, the Parish Clerk of Braddan. Manx Notes 568 (2021): 1–2. (KMJ December 2021)
• [565] Ruth Herbert Lewis (1871–1946). Manx Notes 565 (2021): 1. (KMJ November 2021)
• [564] ‘The Guild Manx Competitions and Concert’ (1899). Manx Notes 564 (2021): 1–3. (KMJ November 2021)
• [558] Mona Douglas. ‘A Lecture on Manx Folk Song’ (1928). Manx Notes 558 (2021): 1–2. (KMJ October 2021)
• [557] Thomas Kermode. ‘Hop dy nai’. Manx Notes 557 (2021): 1. (KMJ October 2021)
• [556] ‘Julie Starr—Favoured by the Fairies’. Manx Notes 556 (2021): 1–4. (KMJ October 2021)
• [555] The Manx Class at the Guild (1913). Manx Notes 555 (2021): 1. (KMJ September 2021)
• [554] ‘See the Mheillea Dances in the Big Barn at Raby.’ Mona Douglas and ‘The Master of Raby’. Manx Notes 554 (2021): 1–5. (KMJ September 2021)
• [551] ‘In the turf bogs of Jurby from history we learn.’ A new text of Mylecharane. Manx Notes 551 (2021): 1–3. (KMJ August 2021)
• [550] Morrison–Kermode Collection. Arrane ny Ferrishyn Ghelby. Manx Notes 550 (2021): 1–2. (KMJ July 2021)
• [549] Arrane ny Ferrishyn. ‘Song of the [Travelling] Fairies’ (2). Manx Notes 549 (2021): 1–3. (KMJ June 2021)
• [548] Arrane ny Ferrishyn. ‘Song of the [Travelling] Fairies’ (1). Manx Notes 548 (2021): 1–3. (KMJ May 2021)
• [547] ‘There was singing galore of carols, hymns, anthems.’ The Oie’l Verrey at Cardle Chapel (1903). Manx Notes 547 (2021): 1. (KMJ April 2021)
• [546] ‘I spent many happy hours in writing them down.’ Thomas Kermode and the Clague Collection. Manx Notes 546 (2021): 1–3. (KMJ April 2021)
• [530] From the Morrison–Kermode Collection: Arrane Ferish. Manx Notes 530 (2021): 1. [KMJ March]
• [529] The Mona Douglas Folk Song Collection: ‘A Song about the White Heather.’ Manx Notes 529 (2021): 1. [KMJ March]
• [518] ‘Mr Billy Cain, the well-known Manx folk dancer’ (1938). Manx Notes 518 (2021): 1–2. [KMJ February]
• [517] ‘The first of a series of weekly concerts.’ Music Making at Dalby (1896). Manx Notes 517 (2021): 1. [KMJ February]
• [516] ‘Two coach loads of friends from Ramsey’ (1960). Manx Notes 516 (2021): 1. [KMJ February]
• [514] ‘Untimely merriment and profane regards.’ The Oie’l Verry (1827). Manx Notes 514 (2021): 1. [KMJ January 2021]
• [513] Some Mona Douglas Correspondence (1937 & 1941). Manx Notes 513 (2021): 1–2. [KMJ January 2021]

2020

• [512] A newly-found photograph of the White Boys. Manx Notes 512 (2020): 3. [KMJ December 2020]
• [511] ‘The late Bros. Cowle, the noted “carval” singers’ (1906). Manx Notes 511 (2020): 2. [KMJ November 2020]
• [510] ‘The oldest Manx fiddler in this Island’ (1842). Manx Notes 510 (2020): 1. [KMJ November 2020]
• [502] ‘Are you quite sure about your “Hop-tu-Naa?” Have you got the genuine “Hop-tu-Naa?”’. Manx Notes 502 (2020): 1. [KMJ October 2020] Download full version
• [501] ‘Each with different kinds of musical instruments.’ The Mollag Band spotted in Castletown (1881). Manx Notes 501 (2020): 1. [KMJ October 2020]
• [500] ‘Who claimed the palm for Hunt the Wren as the Manx National Anthem’ (1878). Manx Notes 500 (2020): 1. [KMJ October 2020]
• [499] ‘The term “class” was scarcely suitable’ (1871). Manx Notes 499 (2020): 1. [KMJ October 2020]
• [496] The Mona Douglas Folk Song Collection. The Return of the Boats. Manx Notes 496 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ September 2020)
• [495] ‘Clapping and Stamping, and Such Like.’ Wellington Street Chapel (1880). Manx Notes 495 (2020): 1. (KMJ September 2020 )
• [494] ‘Clapping and Stamping.’ The Oie’l Verry (1880). Manx Notes 494 (2020): 1. (KMJ September 2020)
• [477] ‘Now an unknown tongue’ (1875). Manx Notes 477 (2020): 1. (KMJ August 2020)
• [476] ‘The tune seemed to “catch on.”’ The Reception of W.H. Gill’s Manx National Anthem (1907). Manx Notes 476 (2020): 1–4. (KMJ August 2020)
• [475] ‘A rarity in these days of Anglicisation’ (1907). Manx Notes 475 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ August 2020)
• [474] ‘Where they sang two or three Band of Hope melodies.’ The Smeale Band of Hope. Manx Notes 474 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ July 2020)
• [473] ‘Disturbing the Public Peace by Singing’ (1872). Manx Notes 473 (2020): 1. (KMJ July 2020)
• [464] Catherine ‘Kate’ Quayle (1862–1939) of the Whallag. Manx Notes 464 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ June 2020)
• [463] The Mona Douglas Folk Song Collection: ’Twas me Father & me Mother [that first did me trepan]. Manx Notes 463 (2020): 1. (KMJ June 2020)
• [437] The Mona Douglas Folk Dance Collection: Eunyssagh Vona (2). Manx Notes 437 (2020): 1. (KMJ May 2020)
• [436] ‘Dancing at Port St Mary.’ A Certain Difference of Opinion (1896). Manx Notes 436 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ May 2020)
• [420] Sharp-dressed men: Deemster J.F. Gill & W.H. Gill. Manx Notes 420 (2020): 1. (KMJ April 2020)
• [419] Eunyssagh Vona. Manx Notes 419 (2020): 1. (KMJ April 2020)
• [418] The Castletown Metropolitan Silver Prize Band. Manx Notes 418 (2020): 1–3. (KMJ March 2020)
• [417] Flitterdaunsey. Manx Notes 417 (2020): 1–2. (KMJ March 2020)
• [416] ‘Our old people are just wonderful.’ Mr Dawson and Edward Ward (1956). Manx Notes 416 (2020): 1. (KMJ February 2020)
• [415] ‘They danced in Manchester.’ The Isle of Man Folk Dance Society (1960). Manx Notes 415 (2020): 1. (KMJ February 2020)
• [414] Hyndaa yn Bwoailly. Manx Notes 414 (2020): 1. (KMJ February 2020)
• [413] ‘When I showed this dance to N.C.’ Manx Notes 413 (2020): 1. (KMJ January 2020)
• [412] Dirk Dancers. Manx Notes 412 (2020): 1. (KMJ January 2020)
• [411] ‘Christmas is ushered in….’ Manx Notes 411 (2020): 1. (KMJ January 2020)

2019

• [409] Helg yn Dreean. Manx Notes 409 (2019): 1. (KMJ December 2019)
• [408] The Oiel Verrey at Andreas (1875). Manx Notes 408 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ December 2019)
• [407] ‘“Romping” on Halloween’ (1873). Manx Notes 407 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ November 2019)
• [406] ‘Hop-tu-Naa Memories recalled at Ballaugh’ (1946). 406 (2019): 1. (KMJ November 2019)
• [405] ‘Jenny the Witch’ (1902 & 1903). Manx Notes 405 (2019): 1. (KMJ November 2019)
• [404] The Harmonium and the Hymn Tune Raiser. Manx Notes 404 (2019): 1. (KMJ October 2019)
• [403] ‘It was most interesting watching him & them.’ Lucinda Gill and the Gill brothers. Manx Notes 403 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ October 2019)
• [402] Mona Douglas and the Harvest Dance. Manx Notes 402 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ September 2019)
• [401] ‘Besoms, Besoms, Fine and New’. Manx Notes 401 (2019): 1. (KMJ September 2019)
• [392] ‘For the first time in public’ (1907). ‘Tar dys Mannin’ & ‘Bahie Veg’. Manx Notes 392 (2019): 1. (KMJ August 2019)
• [391] Yn Cheshaght Gailckagh Fastyr-Giensal (1907). Manx Notes 391 (2019): 1. (KMJ August 2019)
• [383] ‘From Mr Proctor’s singing.’ Harry Wood as Collector. Manx Notes 383 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ July 2019)
• [382] William Peacock. Manx Notes 382 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ July 2019)
• [381] ‘The Tay Party at Balldon’. Manx Notes 381 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ June 2019)
• [378] Lord Bateman. Manx Notes 378 (2019): 1. (KMJ May 2019)
• [377] ‘No loss, “jus” boghtynid.’ Manx Notes 377 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ May 2019)
• [366] ‘The Dirk Dance by Billy Cain, from Isle of Man’ (1937). Kiaull Manninagh Jiu 366 (2019): 1. Images [1] [2] [3] (KMJ March–April 2019)
• [365] Robert Gawne (1815–45) and the Gawne Collection. Manx Notes 365 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ March–April 2019)
• [361] ‘First of White Book Tom Kermode’. Manx Notes 361 (2019):a. Images [1] (KMJ February 2019).
• [360] ‘Mr J. Cain (Blind) sang a Solo in Manx.’ Thomas William Cain (1833–1913). Manx Notes 360 (2019): 1–2. Images [1] [2] (KMJ February 2019).
• [359] ‘Congregational Singing’ (1878). Manx Notes 359 (2019):a. (KMJ January 2019).
• [358] The Band struck up ‘Old Mylecharane’ (1877). Manx Notes 358 (2019): 1. (KMJ January 2019).
• [357] The ‘Molog Band’ in Castletown in 1881. Manx Notes 357 (2019): 1. (KMJ January 2019).

2018

• [356] Kiark Catreeney Marroo: ‘Dr Clague I : 8’. Manx Notes 356 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ December 2018).
• [355] A Note on A.G. Gilchrist’s Library at the VWML. Manx Notes 355 (2018): 1. (KMJ November 2018).
• [354] The St Matthew’s Minstrel Troupe (1896). Manx Notes 354 (2018): 1–2. Photograph [1] (KMJ November 2018).
• [353] ‘Blue Ribbon Army’ (1882). Manx Notes 353 (2018): 1. (KMJ November 2018).
• [352] ‘Very often he was a cantankerous character’ (1879). Manx Notes 352 (2018): 1. (KMJ October 2018).
• [351] P.W. Caine (1887–1956). Manx Notes 351 (2019): 1–2. (KMJ February 2014). [Missed upload from 2014]
• [344] ‘An amateur band, consisting of nine performers’ (1871). Manx Notes 344 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ August–September 2018).
• [322] ‘A favourite song was sung by my father’ (1892). Manx Notes 332 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ June–July 2018).
• [321] ‘The thunder boomed loud and the lightning was strong’. Manx Notes 321 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ June–July 2018).
• [314] ‘Sam Hague’s Minstrels’ (1883). Manx Notes 314 (2018): 1. (KMJ April–May 2018).
• [313] ‘Manx Social at Derby Road’ (1905). Manx Notes 313 (2018): 1–2. (KMJ April–May 2018).
• [312] Tune-y-wheeyl-vooar. Manx Notes 312 (2018): 1. (KMJ January 2018).
• [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 (2016): 1–3. (KMJ December 2016)
• [244] A.W. Moore’s Manx Ballads and Music (1896): Index to the Texts. Manx Notes 244 (2016): 1–3. (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. (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. (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. (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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