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while, the Ushag-reaisht remaining in the mountains till the 

 Lhondoo should return. The Lhondoo, finding the new quarters 

 much more congenial than the old, conveniently forgot his pro- 

 mise to go back. Consequently the poor Ushag-reaisht was left 

 to bewail his folly in making the exchange, and has ever since 

 been giving expression to his woes in the following plaintive, 

 querulous pipe : — 



Lhondoo, vel oo cheet, vel oo cheet ? 

 Blackbird, are you coming, are you coming ? 



The Blackbird, now plump and flourishing, replies : — 



Cha-nel dy bragh, cha-nel dy bragh ! 

 No, never ! no, never ! 



The poor Ushag-reaisht, shivering — 



T'eh feer feayr, fell feer feayr ! 

 It's very cold, it's very cold!" 



For " a quaint fancy derived from the Blackbird's and Thrush's 

 songs," see p. 151 of the same work; and in the 'Manx Note- 

 book,' No. 2, 55, the song of the former is thus prettily rendered 

 (with a charming illustration) into Manx : — 



Kione jiarg. Kione jiarg. 



Apyrn dhoo. Apyrn dhoo. 



Vel oo cheet ? Vel oo cheet ? 



Skee fieau ! Skee fieau ! 



Lhondoo. Lhondoo. 



Eed head. Eed head. 



Black apron. Black apron. 



Are you coming ? Are you coming ? 



Tired waiting ! Tired waiting ! 



Blackbird. Blackbird. 



Wheatear, Saxicola oenanthe. (Stonechatter.) Claghyn- 

 cloie (Cr.) ; Clachan-ny-gleiee, Clogh-ny-cleigh (M. S. T>.) = 

 Stone of the hedge, cf. Clochirean, Scotch Gaelic. This is one 

 of the " Shiaght Cadlagyn " or "seven sleepers" of 'Manx 

 Folk-lore ' (Kermode, ' Yn Lioar Manninagh,' I. i. 44). 



Stonechat, S* rubicola. (Stonechatter ; Blackcap ; Nick- 

 chick). *Claghyn-cloie is applied to this species also, and it is 

 probably the Kione-doo-ny-eeigynyn=" Black-head of the gorse" 

 of theM.S.D. 



