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maintained that accessible to every Manksman there is now a large and 

 varied amount of purely native literature. Through the praiseworthy 

 and patriotic liberality and diligence of the Manx Society which was 

 established in 1858, the archives of Manx learning have been investigated, 

 and much at least of all that is best and most inspiring in the literary 

 records of other days and other times has been given to the world in a 

 clear and attractive manner. Manksmen as well as Scotchmen have 

 their Auld Language. 



Three armed legs form the present armorial bearing of the Isle of 

 Man. It was Alexander III. of Scotland, who after he had annexed the 

 Isle of Man to his possessions in Scotland, substituted the quaint device 

 of the three legs with the motto, Quoacniqiie jeceris stabit, for. the ancient 

 armorial ensign of the island— a ship in full sail, with the motto, Rex 

 Manniae et Insularum. , 



In Mona's Auld Lang Syne, these manful strains are found : 



Shall Mona's House of Keys be hurled 



By strangers' foul design, 

 From the foundation where it stood 



Since auld lang syne ? 

 No ! while the sea-gull wings his course 



Where shoals of herring shine. 

 The sons shall prop the father's house 



Of auld lang gyne. 

 Stabit quocianque jeceris — 



Who will not call to mind 1 

 With Governor, Council and the Keys 

 Of auld lang syne. 



Ny Kirree fo-sniaghtey, or the Sheep Under the Snow, is a popular 

 song among Manksmen, dealing as it does with the great danger to which 

 sheep are exposed when heavy snow drifts are formed, in which sheep are 

 often found to be entombed. The Loss of the Manx Herring Fleet in 1787 

 is a poem which, having to do with the lamentable loss of many lives in 

 Douglas Harbour owing to a tempestuous storm that suddenly arose, 

 has sorrowfully and powerfully affected the imagination of Manksmen 

 since that time. Indeed, it is said that until recently " Manx fishermen 

 made a point of remaining in port on the anniversary of the loss of the 

 fleet, whether from superstition or out of respect to the memory of those 

 who perished, is not known." Mannin veg veen, or The Small and Mild 

 Man or Isle of Man, is a song which, as its name indicates, rouses in the 

 heart of every Manksman affectionate feelings for his native island, and 

 for the songs and customs and traditions of the past. The Manx Carols, 

 along with the patriotic and chivalrous songs and poems which are now 



