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You've had a tiring day.
floor in Great Britam; to VISIt the famous historic
places and beauty spots of the island-Laxey, GroudIe
Glen, Snaefell, Greeba Castle where the
Manx
novelist,
Hall ' Caine, once lived, and Rushen Abbey.
In fact, there's a lot of tradition about the Isle ofMan.
Every year on Tynwald Hill, the new laws for the coming
year are read aloud
in
M.anx
and English. For a thous–
and years, this tradition has continued unbroken.
There's as much legend as tradition on the island. The
story goes that years past, Maruiani'n Mac Lier,
~
giant,
quarrelled with a fellow giant in Ireland, picked up a
boulder, threw it
in
his rage, and missed .aim. The
. boulder landed in the Irish Sea. Hence the Isle ofMan.
The place it eame from became Lough Neagh.
.
Legend goes even further: The Arms of Man are its
Legs. Legend says that a three-legged man once emerged
from Tynwald Hill, followed by two tailless eats and two
tailless fowl. He rolled a wheel ahead of him, said he
was seeking Paradise. Th'e wheel rolled into the sea.
The man feared his Paradise was gone. But by marry–
ing a beautiful maid, he regained Paradise. Their
family consisted of
I3
children. The eats and . fowl
founded a race @f tailless eats and tailless fowl. The eats
-and fowl remain tailless, but Manxmen seem as normal
as you or
1:
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.
The holiday-maker has little tinie for legend, how–
ever. lIe's too busy sailing round the island-a five-
." hours' trip-or driving along the promenade in a toast–
rack car, or watching a T.T. race. Every year. by a
special act passed by the
Manx
-Legislature, certain
roads are closed during these motor-cycle races and
during the preceding practices. The Legislature votes
~5,OOP
toward prize money.
The End of Another
Day
There's no Public Morality Council _to stop you. Anyway , where's the harm in kissing a girl
on
a Promenade seat at midnight? Fhere's no one about, except the other fellow kissing the other
girl. Don't take any notice of him. He won't take any notice of you_
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