MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 



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Trove, are now in the British Museum. A few, like the 

 Mylecraine Silver Cross, and the Gold Whistle shaped 

 like a Cavalier's boot, found in the Fort at St. Jude's, are 

 in private hands. No doubt many have been carried 

 away, lost, or destroyed. 



Among implements, utensils and household furniture 

 must first be mentioned the querns,* (fig. 54) or hand-mills 

 (" braain "), frequently of granite, which must belong to 



Fig. 54. Manks stone querns in Castle Rushen. 



various periods ; some have been recognised as probably 

 of the Iron Age, and some, as the " Saddle stones," may 

 be a good deal older. 



In later historic times the corn was dried 

 in small kilns attached to the farm. Thrashing was 

 performed with a flail (" soos't ") composed of two stout 

 and straight branches, fastened together by a thong of 



* One of these bears a simple cross-shaped design in low relief. 



