b4mbi Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Link So if you look at that, it took the Chief Registrar 25 months to count to 901, 404 and 776 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 "The report also shows that 353/901 of the births were to parents who were not married." There's clearly quite a few bastards on the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alph3 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 "The report also shows that 353/901 of the births were to parents who were not married." There's clearly quite a few bastards on the island. Looking out the window at work Albert I have to agree, they're ALL bastards! (a touch grumpy this morning ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 how far back do the records go ? 800 years I thought in those olden days it would have been much higher The average rate between 2000 and 2005 was 10.7 and between 1195 and 1999 is was 11.5. no wonder it took so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Who gave him excel and powerpoint? come on own up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 How can you be .4 or .7 married. I do notice though that there are fewer marriages in the West of the Island! Why do they compare marriages per thousand and then give a total figure for actual marriages, talk about confusing statistics. Anyway is it still true that 90% of statistics are made up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Not at all Albert, the correct figure is 89.887% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 some historical context at http://www.manxnotebook.com/famhist/genealgy/illegit.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 some historical context at http://www.manxnotebook.com/famhist/genealgy/illegit.htm Thanks for the link Frances. I liked:- " If a man get a young woman or maid with child, and, within two years after the birth of the child, marry her; that child, though born before marriage, shall possess his father's estate, according to the custom of the Island, as amply as if that child had been born in wedlock." So just like today, they might be bastards but at least they're wealthy bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I do notice though that there are fewer marriages in the West of the Island! ? I think it may have something to do with that old Manx rhyme "Your Mums your Dad, your Dads your Mum, you're interbred you Govig scum." ...just a guess though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I do notice though that there are fewer marriages in the West of the Island! Because you can't marry your sister, silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 A closer translation of the proverb you use would be: There's a man or two rocking the cradle, That the child isn't belonging to (himself). Not as poetic as the translation you use - but significantly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I guess you're referring to - "Many a man is rocking the cradle, The child was not his own." Isn't the meaning the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 'a man or two' means the phenomenon is not unknown 'many's the man' means the the phenomenon is common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 the translation is by Charles Roeder (see link) - guess being taught Manx late 19th century around Cregneash may not have given him a good grasp of the language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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