A collected tale
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THE SHOP
Things to take
the story home.
Printable folklore packs and the reading-shelf picks from this notebook, in one place. Start with the free sample and the free texts if you would rather not buy anything.
PRINTABLES
Manx folklore printables
Tales retold from Sophia Morrison’s Manx Fairy Tales (1911), always labelled as tales or beliefs, never as fact. Every pack comes in A4 and US Letter, with answer keys, notes for adults and a sources page. Sold as instant PDF downloads from the ReallyByte store.
Free sample
A 6-page taste: the Buggane of St Trinian’s retold, with questions, a colouring page and an answer key. No sign-up.
A4 PDF (285 KB)US Letter PDF (285 KB)
Manx Folklore Story Detective Pack
Four Manx tales retold from Morrison’s 1911 collection, with questions, a tale-belief-or-fact sort, a source-label activity, a quiz, a certificate and answer keys.
Manx Legends Reading Worksheets
Six short tales (Manannan, the Manx cat, the Herring King, the Wren King, the Lhondoo and the Enchanted Isle) with comprehension questions, a Manx word bank and answer keys.
Manx Folklore Creature & Character Cards
Twelve cut-out character cards from the old tales, a Who Am I? clue game, blank cards to make your own and an answer key.
Manx Folklore Activity & Colouring Pack
Six colouring pages with a line from each tale, plus a word search, a maze, a code breaker, a match-the-tale puzzle and an answer key.
Manx Folklore Poster Set
Six posters: the Black Dog, the Buggane, the Fynoderee, Manannan’s Mist, the Making of Mann and two Manx customs, each labelled tale or custom.
Story Collector’s Field Journal
A field journal for collecting stories from family and friends: permission prompts, three story records, a two-versions comparison and a story map.
Best valueThe Complete Manx Folklore Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download.
Free first
Read Manx Fairy Tales free at Project Gutenberg ↗ · Manx National Heritage Library & Archives ↗
These source links are not affiliate links. The field notebook and the stamp card are free too.
READING SHELF
Books and kit
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A wider folklore shelf
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The documentary mystery
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A place to keep a thread
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For a reading corner
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