A book entitled ’Ghosts, Bugganes and Fairy Pigs’ has been published by Culture Vannin.

It tells traditional tales from the Isle of Man, including fairies, bugganes, ghosts, giants, witches and so much more.

Collected more than 100 years ago by a man named Karl Roeder, this fascinating collection is reprinted here for the first time since 1904 and now includes exciting additional material.

Stories include the origins of Hunt the Wren, the murdered witch of Slieu Whallian, and perhaps the Isle of Man’s oldest UFO sightingâ?¦

Many of these stories were gathered from Edward Faragher - ’Ned Beg Hom Ruy’ - the legendary poet of Cregneash whose former home forms a part of the folklife museum in Cregneash today.

As well as folklore, it contains pieces of history, language, literature and other things of Manx interest, as well as some more theoretical discussions of Manx matters unmatched then or since.

All of it has been faithfully transcribed and introduced by expert Stephen Miller.

The book of 274 pages has cover art designed by Kim Gee and costs £12.

It is available from the island’s bookshops, including at Culture Vannin itself in St John’s.