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carvel

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place in Manx literature

  • An overview of the Irish language
    In Celtic literature: Manx

    …the ballads and carols, or carvels. Among the most notable of the former are an Ossianic ballad describing the fate of Finn’s enemy, Orree; the Manx Traditionary Ballad, a history of the island to the year 1507 made up of a mixture of fact and fiction; and the ballad on…

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