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Overview
Morrison’s Gordon Fynoderee is large, shaggy and fiery-eyed, able to crush an iron plough part. A miller’s wife distracts him by promising cake if he brings water in a sieve. He works at night, grinding grain, cutting hay and threshing stacks whose sheaves have first been loosened.
He distrusts a farmer who uses the same breath to warm fingers and cool food. Offered clothes, he declares each garment harmful and leaves for Glen Rushen. There he shelters sheep from snow but includes a bound hare, mistaking it for a troublesome brown yearling. A final mountain quarrel with his wife explains several thrown stones and her leaps toward Ireland. Domestic help, misunderstanding and destructive temper coexist in this witness.
Origins & earliest records
Sophia Morrison, Manx Fairy Tales (London: David Nutt, 1911); The Fynoderee of Gordon, pp. 48–53.
Records & interpretation
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Manx Fairy Tales: The Fynoderee of Gordon, pp. 48–53
Complete selected tale inspected in the original-edition transcription.
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- Primary collected narrativeMorrison 1911: The Fynoderee of Gordon, pp. 48–53Research access: 2026-10-05
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