legs like a wheel through the mist" (O'Donovan, the translator of the glossary. Manannan was called "The Three-Legged Man" () and all the inhabitants were three-legged when St. Patrick arrived.<ref>, Further Notes", p.42.</ref> A "traditionary ballad" entitled Mannanan beg mac y Leirr; ny, slane coontey jeh Ellan Vannin ("Little Mannanan son of Leirr; or, an (whole) account of the Isle of Man")(dated to 1507–22), states that the Isle of Man was once under the rule of Mannan, who used to impose a token tax from the island folk, until Saint Patrick came and banished the heathen. One quatrain runs: "It was not with his sword he kept it/ Neither with arrows or bow. / But when he would see ships sailing, / He would cover it round with a fog." (Str. 4) ". So Mannanan here is said to have raised a mist or fog to conceal the whole island from detection (cf. Féth fíada). The fee or rent that Mannanan demanded was a bundle of coarse marsh-grass like rushes (leaogher-ghlass), to be delivered every "Midsummer Eve" (24 June) Mythical Creatures In the Manx tradition of folklore, there are many stories of mythical creatures and characters. These include: the , a malevolent spirit who according to legend blew the roof off St Trinian's Church in a fit of rage the often helpful but unpredictable , comparable to the brownie the , a water-dwelling shapeshifter (a hairy goblin in some tales and a water-horse in others) that comes onto land to interact with humans or livestock the tarroo-ushtey or Water-Bull, an "amphibious creature" resembling a bull that tries unsuccessfully to procreate with cows the cabbyl-ushtey or water horse, the more harmless variant of the Scottish each-uisge the , a ghostly black dog who once wandered the walls and corridors of Peel Castle and frightened the guards on duty Jimmy Squarefoot, a peaceful bidepal creature with a human body, a pig's head, and boar tusks Mann is also said to be home to the mooinjer veggey ) or the little folk in the Manx language, though they are sometimes referred to obliquely by locals as themselves. There is a famous Fairy Bridge and it is said to be bad luck if one fails to wish the fairies good morning or afternoon when passing over it. Other types of fairies are the (???) and the or Arc-Vuc-Soney "Lucky-Boar-Pig". Cuisine Traditionally the national dish