The Blooming: A poem by Annie Kissack
Channel: Culture Vannin
Date: 2018-12-14

A poem about the old Manx belief that the myrrh bloomed at midnight on Christmas Eve.
This poem, composed and read by the Manx Bard, Annie Kissack, is based on her own experience of a conversation with a man who reported that he had seen it happen.

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