Port Erin Things to Do

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A couple of miles from Port Erin is Cregneash National Folk Museum. The first cottage, some three centuries old, was acquired by the Manx Museum when its owner died in 1935 and this remains much as he left it. Over the years, further thatched buildings have become part of the museum but others in the village remain in private ownership. There are exhibitions illustrating the life of a crofting village, an audio-visual presentation and demonstrations of various local crafts. Old farming methods are continued and there is a flock of the distinctive Manx loghtan sheep.
There is also information on the Manx language, spoken in villages like this into the 20th century. The last native Manx speaker on the Island died in 1974 but there has been a considerable revival of the language since then. On the wall of Cregneash church is a copy of Psalm 23 written in Manx. It is related to the Gaelic spoken in Ireland and Scotland and, more distantly to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. I notice that one phrase reads 'pastyr glass' and I assume this corresponds to 'green pastures' - and probably means old Manx, like Welsh, used the same word 'glas(s)' for blue and green. The rest is completely unintelligible!
[Note: Check opening times if visiting; the museum is closed in the winter.]