244. A Manxman's arms are the three legs.[1]
245. Do as they do in the Isle of Man.
- How's that ? They do as they can.
246. Blue, the Manxman's livery.[2]
247. A Puffin (a nickname for a Manxman[3]) (see Birds).
248. With one leg I spurn Ireland,
- With the second I kick Scotland,
- And with the third I kneel to England.
- (Descriptive of the armorial bearings (Fylfot) of the Island.)
104b. Manxman like, a day behind the fair (see Punctuality and Village System).
157a. The Manxman is never wise until the day after the fair (see Village System).
180b. Sheeu kishan dy yoan Mayrnt mayl bleeaney Vannin = A peck of March dust is worth a year's rent of [the Isle of] Man (see Weather Wisdom and Seasons).
189b. Lane crou cabbyl dy ushtey laa'l-Eoin feeu mayl Vannin = A horse-shoe full of water on St. John's Day [July 5] is worth the rent of [the Isle of] Man (see Weather Wisdom and Holy Days).
218b. Bock Yuan fannee = The gelding of John the flayer (a Manxman's walking-stick)[4] (see Trades and Animals).
219a. Like a Manx cat, hasn't a tail to wag[5] (see Animals).
220a. He is like a Manx cat, he leaves nought behind him but his tail (see Animals).
92.— Races.
250. Hit him again, for he is Irish.[6]
- ↑ A punning proverb.
- ↑ Originated, probably, from the fact that blue is the prevailing colour of the dress of the Manx people.
- ↑ So called from the large number of puffins (sea-parrot) formerly inhabiting the Calf.
- ↑ A Manxman, one John ——, flayed his horse, and had afterwards to travel on foot.
- ↑ Said of a person who is unable to clear himself of an imputation.
- ↑ The Manx formerly entertained considerable antipathy to the Irish, probably dating back to some early invasion.
