The Traditionary Ballad
- Item sets
- Music and Art
- Name
- The Traditionary Ballad
- Description
- An oral history of the Island preserved in verse form, recording events from the Norse period through to the early modern era. The ballad preserves memories that no written record kept: for each four quarterlands he made a chapel, for people of them to meet in prayer. A people's history, passed from voice to voice across the centuries.
- Date
- Traditional (Norse period material)
- Also Known As
- Yn Chruinnaght
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Type
- Ballad
- Oral History