Crosh Cuirn - A Manx tradition for Oie Voaldyn

2017

Crosh Cuirn - A Manx tradition for Oie Voaldyn

A crosh cuirn, a small cross of rowan twigs bound with wool and untouched by metal, made for Oie Voaldyn, May Eve. The custom survives with its Manx name intact, which is common on the island even where the language itself receded.

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