Hi, can any cast any light onto this? The Journal of the Manx Museum recorded in 1933: Professor Marstrander has arrived upon our shores for the third time. He has spent three weeks taking phonographic records of spoken Manx from the few native speakers. Their names are Messrs. Harry Kelly of Cregneash, John Caine of Jurby, William Quane and Cæsar Cashen of Peel, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fayle of Sulby. He has taken sixty rolls of phonographic record which, when he returns to Norway, will be transferred to metal. All the speakers are in their eighties, and the Professor declares that within five years it will be impossible to study spoken Manx. Does anyone know what happened to the recordings? The dont appear to be catalogued in the University of Oslo, and Ive never heard of anyone who ever seems to have heard them. Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:04:49 +0000