24-700: [REDACTED] Look up Kermode in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kermode is a surname of Manx origin . It may refer to: Surname [ edit ] Robert Kermode (1812–1870), Tasmanian politician P. M. C. Kermode (Philip Moore Callow Kermode, 1855–1932), Manx antiquarian and historian Alexander Kermode (1876–1934), Australian cricketer Josephine Kermode (Cushag, 1852–1937), Manx poet and playwright Harry Kermode (1922–2009), Canadian basketball player Frank Kermode (1919–2010), British literary critic Jonathan Kermode (fl. 1970s), musician in
48-555: A number of short folklore pieces as "Folklore Notes" in the publication, Mannin . Upon Morrison's death at the age of 57 in January 1917, Cushag dedicated a poem to her memory in the final edition of Mannin , which came out in May of that year. In 1911 came Cushag's second collection of poems, Ellan Vannin . In 1913 she had a large number of her poems collected in A Book of Manx Poetry , edited by William Cubbon , an anthology covering
72-410: Is Traa-dy-Liooar. The house is all through others, the childher's late for school, The man is spendin' all his time in lookin' for a tool, The wumman's tired thremendjus with clearin' up the flure, An' the wan that's doin' all the jeel is wickad Traa-dy-Liooar. The fields is full of cushag, the gates is darned with gorse, You'll hardly see the harness for the mire upon the horse; The cows
96-759: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kermode [REDACTED] Look up Kermode in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kermode is a surname of Manx origin . It may refer to: Surname [ edit ] Robert Kermode (1812–1870), Tasmanian politician P. M. C. Kermode (Philip Moore Callow Kermode, 1855–1932), Manx antiquarian and historian Alexander Kermode (1876–1934), Australian cricketer Josephine Kermode (Cushag, 1852–1937), Manx poet and playwright Harry Kermode (1922–2009), Canadian basketball player Frank Kermode (1919–2010), British literary critic Jonathan Kermode (fl. 1970s), musician in
120-598: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Josephine Kermode Josephine Kermode (1852–1937) was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag". Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode was born on 18 September 1852, at 73 Parliament Street, Ramsey . She was one of seven children who lived beyond childhood to Rev William Kermode (1815–1890), and his second wife, Jane née Bishop (1818–1858), of Shelton Hall, Staffordshire . As well as being Chaplain of St. Paul's Church, Ramsey , Josephine Kermode's father
144-402: Is shoutin' shockin', an' puzzlin' them for sure, Is the waitin' doin' on them at that tejus Traa-dy-Liooar. There's a power of foes within us, and enemies without, But the wan that houls the candle is that little lazy lout; So just you take an' scutch him, an' put him to the dhure, An' navar let him in again, that tejus Traa-dy-Liooar. It was in 1922, the year in which Manx Melodies
168-721: The Anglo-Manx 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 influence of the progressive English priest. The plays focus on women, children and family and so stand out in Manx literature, which was, at that time, otherwise dominated by traditional male types. She wrote other plays, including
192-430: The 1922 book, Manx Melodies . One of her most notable poems from this collection is Traa-dy-Liooar . The title of the poem is a common Manx phase which translates into English as "time enough": Traa-dy-Liooar There's a wickad little falla that goes among us here, An' the wickadness thass at him is tellin' far an' near; He's prowlin' in the haggart an' in at every dhure, An' coaxin' an' persuadin', an' his name
216-539: The Justices at Ramsey. Cushag was described as sharing with her brother "the same gentle kindliness and old-fashioned courtesy; proud, yet modest; sensitive and yet lovable." She respected P.M.C with the "reverence for a genius." They lived in a secluded house in Glen Auldyn, with the river running through its garden and a meadow next to it for the grazing of their horse, Brownie. Kermode's first published work
240-486: The band Half Brother Robin Kermode (born 1958), British actor, author and communications coach Mark Kermode (born 1963), British film critic Chris Kermode (born 1965), English tennis administrator Other [ edit ] Kermode bear , also known as the spirit bear See also [ edit ] Kermit (given name) MacDermot , a surname of which Kermode is a variant Topics referred to by
264-431: The band Half Brother Robin Kermode (born 1958), British actor, author and communications coach Mark Kermode (born 1963), British film critic Chris Kermode (born 1965), English tennis administrator Other [ edit ] Kermode bear , also known as the spirit bear See also [ edit ] Kermit (given name) MacDermot , a surname of which Kermode is a variant Topics referred to by
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#1732765679378288-582: The collection, Glen Aldyn Plays , which included the play, 'The Christmas Pudding', which was performed in 1915 in Glen Auldyn by the theatre group, the Glen people. Kermode's longer dramas include 'Mylecharaine' and 'The Quakers of Ballafayle'. Cushag was also involved in the collection of Manx folklore . This was particularly encouraged through her friendship with Sophia Morrison . Having first met in 1907, they soon became good friends and Cushag would accompany Morrison on field trips to collect folklore. Cushag
312-668: The entire history of poetry from the Isle of Man. She had various individual other poems published in places such as the Ramsey Courier , Mannin (the journal of the Manx Language Society , edited by Sophia Morrison) and Ellan Vannin (the magazine of the World Manx Association). Some of these poems were collected together with those of her prior two publications and some original pieces to make
336-466: The family moved around the north of the island as her father changed jobs, moving from St. Paul's in Ramsey to become, first, Vicar at Kirk Maughold (1871–77) and then Rector of Ballaugh (1877–1890). After her father's death in 1890, the family moved back to Ramsey, to Hillside on Vernon Road. Here Cushag took up a voluntary role as a District Nurse, until her health was adversely affected and she
360-545: The introspective temperament so characteristic of the Manx people, with its resultant note of sadness, is well reflected. While not soaring to empyrean heights, “Cushag,” in pleasing rhyme and varied measure, sings of the love, the longing, the parting, and the griefs of the Islanders, heightened here and there with homely philosophy, or tinged with the superstition still lingering in the scattered hamlets or lonely farmhouses of Ellan Vannin . The dialect verse, in which most of
384-539: The island, which was at the time undergoing the blossoming of the Manx cultural revival, with much work on the island's culture being done in the wake of the poet and T. E. Brown and the novelist Hall Caine . The English press received Cushag's collection in a positive though reserved manner, as shown by a review in the Manchester City News: “a modest little volume of seventy-two pages, contains some forty short poems, mostly tales in verse, in all of which
408-636: 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" In 1908 Cushag published Peel Plays , a collection of three short plays: ‘Rosy Basins’, ‘The Lazy Wife’ and ‘Eunys (or the Dalby Maid)’. They were produced in Peel by The Peel Players thanks to Sophia Morrison. The plays show Cushag's deep interest in Manx folklore, as they are stage re-workings of various folk tales. Written in
432-580: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kermode . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kermode&oldid=1226117237 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Surnames of Manx origin Manx-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
456-522: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kermode . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kermode&oldid=1226117237 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Surnames of Manx origin Manx-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
480-512: Was 'A Lonan Legend', in 1899. Her first collection of poems, Poems by "Cushag" , was published in August 1907. It was at this time that she adopted the nom de plume , "Cushag", by which she then came to be universally known. The name comes from the Manx word for ragwort , the official flower of the Isle of Man. The collection featured a poem about the flower: The collection was well received on
504-446: Was President of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society and he was to initiate a Parish Book for Ballaugh, in which he wrote a useful account of the antiquarian remains in the parish. He inspired devotion in his children and "a love of learning, a love of country and a love of service." Cushag, as she came to be known, and her sisters were educated at home by a governess, while her brothers went to public school. She and
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#1732765679378528-463: Was especially useful in this respect as she was a fluent Manx speaker, having been brought up with the language from her childhood. Her fluency in Manx also gave birth to at least one piece of literature, a folk story in Manx Gaelic entitled Harry-Crab as yn Mob-beg , published in 1913. Although her role with Morrison was mainly as a companion in her folklore collecting, Cushag also contributed
552-548: Was obliged to stop. Eventually the family moved to the former home of Cushag's grandparents' in Claughbane, on the outskirts of Ramsey. Cushag never married, and she acted as housekeeper for her brother P.M.C. Kermode from 1908, the year after his seminal work on the Manx Crosses was published. P.M.C., as he was known, was an amateur archaeologist and historian at this time, whilst working full-time as Clerk to
576-583: Was published, that Cushag moved with her brother to Douglas , the island's capital, when P.M.C. was appointed the first Curator of the newly formed Manx Museum . They first lived at Clifton House on Finch Road and then 6 Primrose Avenue. She remained in Douglas for the next ten years, until her brothers’ sudden death in 1932. Now aged 80, Cushag moved to live with her sister, Cherill, in Bournemouth where she died five years later on 15 February 1937. She
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