Ná bac le ‘H*alloween’ – Hop-tu-Naa atá ann!
Shoh art screeu Isla Callister 'syn earishlioar Nos.ie
er yn 29oo Jerrey Fouyir 2020.
Jarrood ‘H*lloween’ as ‘Pumkinyn’ er yn chied laa jeig as feed. Shione da Manninee dy vel ennym elley currit er yn laa shoh, lesh tradishoonyn er lheh as anchasley. She ‘Hop-tu-Naa’ t'ayn, as she yn cliaghtey Manninagh shinney t'ayn nagh ren rieau scuirr.
Dy tradishoonagh, va Hop-tu-Naa, ny ‘Oie Houney’, cowraghey yn çhenn vlein noa Celtiagh as toshiaght yn yeuree. T'eh foast bio as lajer ayns Mannin, agh ta ny tradishoonyn er chaghlaa harrish ny bleeantyn as s'feer nagh nee Hop-tu-Naa yn red cheddin as v'ee.
Ayns ny shenn laghyn, cha nee ynrican traa dy yannoo ard-eailley jeh cur stiagh sauçhey yn ‘ouyr v'ayn, va'n traa scanshoil neesht son faaishnagh. V'eh er ny chredjal dy row yn scarrey eddyr yn theihll shoh as yn theihll ‘elley’ ny s'theinney ec yn traa shoh, as myr eirtys, va cooid dy chliaghtaghyn faasechredjuagh ayn.
Va ‘soddag valloo’ (sorçh dy verreen çhiu) ec vean chliaghtey er lheh er Oie Houney. Beign da ooilley ny mraane aegey gaarlaghey as fuinney yn soddag ry-cheilley as t'eh symoil nagh row peiagh erbee lowit gra un 'ockle. Hug yn cliaghtey shoh yn ennym ‘balloo’ er. Rere ny skeealyn, va'n soddag jeant lesh sooie, bleayst ooh as v'eh ro-saillit – cha nee berreen vlasstal va shoh. Hie ee er fuinney er yn ghreesagh ny er yn losht as ny lurg, v'eh rheynnit eddyr ny mraane. Eisht, va feme oc shooyl er nyn dreeym gys nyn lhiabbeeyn foast ayns tostid. Smooinnee ad dy vaikagh ad caslys jeh nyn ghraihderyn ry-heet ayns ashlish.
Va faaishnaghyn graih scanshoil ayns ny laghyn shen, as ta ymmoddee tradishoonyn elley bentyn rish. Choud's ta mee bwooisal dy vel shin er haghney ny ny h-aghtyn shenn shoh as ta ny smoo da bioys vraane jiu na quoi-erbee ta'd poosey rish, ta ny cliaghtaghyn foast aitt dy liooar.
Va napinyn, ny ‘moots’ ‘sy Vaarle, cowreydagh ec Hop-tu-Naa neesht, as er yn oie hene, hie paitçhyn mygeayrt jannoo mummeraght as draneyn. Woaill ad ny dorrysyn lesh stumpey napin as ren ad aggyrt son arran, praaseyn as skeddan. Kyndagh rish shoh, va'n ennym ‘oie bwoaill yn dorrys’ currit er Oie Houney rish tammylt.
Ny laghyn t'ayn jiu, ta nappinyn tannaghtyn ec cree Hop-tu-Naa as ta ymmoddee paitçhyn ayns coamrey scaanagh foast goll mygeayrt ny thieyn lesh nappinyn grainnit. Agh nish, t'ad goaill arrane as jannoo draneyn jerkal rish miljanyn as shocklaid.
Choud's ta shoh jannoo dullyr yn linney eddyr tradishoonyn Hop-tu-Naa as H*lloween, cha nel ad cochianglt. Cha lhoys da peiagh erbee gra ‘trick or treat’ as ta ny h-arraneyn as draneyn er lheh ta kiaullit magh liorish ymmodee paitçhyn er Oie Houney er ve nyn ayrn jeh nyn tradishoon rish tammylt foddey.
Ta cummaghyn ancasley jeh ny h-arraneyn as draneyn tradishoonagh Hop-tu-Naa foast ry-chlashtyn mygeayrt yn ellan, ayns Gaelg as Baarle myrgeddin as ta daunse tradishoonagh dy gholl mâroo neesht. Shoh feanish jeh liurid as lajerys yn 'eailley Hop tu Naa, as gyn dooyt ta'd nyn ayrn jeh shennaghys yn ellan.
Ta ymmoddee bentyn rish ‘Jinny yn Buitçh’, ard-phersoon t'er ve cochianglt rish yn 'eailley rish traa foddey. Va ‘Jinny’ ny ben firrinagh enmyssit Joney Lowney as hie ee fo cooish leigh ayns 1715 as 1716 son buitçheraght. Ren ee shaghney baase as hug ad ayns pryssoon ee. T'adyr gra dy vel yn feanish va ymmydit ny noi ry-gheddyn ayns ymmoddee cochiaull jeh ny h-arraneyn as draneyn ta foast ayn jiu.
“Jinny the Witch went over the house, to get the stick to lather the mouse Hop-tu-Naa, my mother's gone away, and she won't be back until the morning.”
Choud's ta Hop-tu-Naa er chaghlaa harrish ny bleeantyn, foast t'ee ny traa dy heet ry-cheilley dy yannoo aittys as ardeailley. Agh, gyn dooyt, t'ee ny smoo na shoh. T'eh scanshoil dy reayll ny cliaghtaghyn shenn bio as mâroo shennaghys as cultoor er lheh yn ellan.
Dy voddey beayn napinyn, as ny jarrood, she Hop-tu-Naa t'ayn!