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Claare ny Gael 12th November 2023
Manage episode 383507642 series 3382673
J B Keig published a booklet in 1933 of nicknames used by the inhabitants of Ballaugh between 1860 and 1900, when there were unrelated families with the same surname and forenames were often of a small range, so people were identified individually, often in relation to their father and grandfathers.
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Professor Van Helsing is explaining the history of Count Dracula to the friends who have come together to try to hunt him out and, if possible, to destroy him. But who might be listening in?
As y kiaull ain -
FRANCIS AR MOAL & GEORGES SELLERS - An deiz all o pourmen e oan bet
BUNSCOILL Y DHOON - Geay jeh'n aer
KERENSA - Quay fair/Gelasma
EMMET SPICELAND - Ta na baid
ELLEN WILLIAMS & DAVID GEORGE HARRINGTON - Lisa lan
RACHEL HAIR & RON JAPPY - The proofreader
ALAN STIVELL - Son ar chistr
MANDY GRIFFIN, PATRICIA CULLEN & SIMEON WOOD - The crows
DAVEY & DYER - Elsie's harmonium
266 episodes
Manage episode 383507642 series 3382673
J B Keig published a booklet in 1933 of nicknames used by the inhabitants of Ballaugh between 1860 and 1900, when there were unrelated families with the same surname and forenames were often of a small range, so people were identified individually, often in relation to their father and grandfathers.
In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Professor Van Helsing is explaining the history of Count Dracula to the friends who have come together to try to hunt him out and, if possible, to destroy him. But who might be listening in?
As y kiaull ain -
FRANCIS AR MOAL & GEORGES SELLERS - An deiz all o pourmen e oan bet
BUNSCOILL Y DHOON - Geay jeh'n aer
KERENSA - Quay fair/Gelasma
EMMET SPICELAND - Ta na baid
ELLEN WILLIAMS & DAVID GEORGE HARRINGTON - Lisa lan
RACHEL HAIR & RON JAPPY - The proofreader
ALAN STIVELL - Son ar chistr
MANDY GRIFFIN, PATRICIA CULLEN & SIMEON WOOD - The crows
DAVEY & DYER - Elsie's harmonium
266 episodes
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