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dialect and with a realist tone, the plays are a clear defence of the Manx folk heritage against the encroachment of modern scientific rationalism. This is shown most clearly in 'Eunys (or the Dalby Maid)', where the foundling daughter returns to her fairy family to escape the unjust and destructive
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verse, in which most of the poems are written, presents an almost insuperable obstacle to
English readers, but if this difficulty can be surmounted, there is in the volume ample reward for the trouble involved"
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143:of
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661:^
614:^
573:^
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