Excerpt from Shadowland in Ellan Vannin, or Folk Tales of the Isle of Man As folk-lore has for so long been thought worthy to hold a prominent position in our literature, it is sur prising no patriotic Manxman has come forward to preserve the many weird and fanciful histories, fairy legends, and tales, with which his native isle abounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.