Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

Bi>iECfttTat Wiffixvi&. 233
Doo, 'Black Rocky Hillock;' Creggyn Doo, 'Black
Rocks ;' Baie Doo, ' Black Bay;' Ghaw Doo, ' Black
Cove ;' Ooig Doo, ' Black Cave ;' and Gob Doo, ' Black
Point,' are found on the coast. [(I) Ballydoo.]
Bane, ' white,' is even more common than doo. The
whitish and sparkling quartz, which so plentifully
sprinkles our hillsides, has probably given rise to
the names Cronkbane and Knockbane, ' White
Hill ;' Earybane and Earyvane, ' White Moor ;'
Claughbane, Claghbane, and Claughvane,
' White Stone ;' Ballaclaughbane, ' White Stone
Farm ;' Booilleyvane, ' White Fold ;' Cooil-
Bane, ' White Nook ;' Cregbane, ' White Rock,'
and Ballaclybane, ' White Hedge Farm.'
Cronk-y-Clagh-Bane, ' Hill of the White Stone,'
is a tumulus with a white stone on top of it.
Near Druidale there is a huge piece of white
quartz, called The Sharragh Vane, ' The White
Foal.'
The prevalence of corn or white crops has
perhaps originated the names Ballabane and
Ballavane, ' White Farm,' and Maghervane,
* White Field.' Traie Vane, ' White Shore,'
and Geinnagh vane, ' White Sand,' are from the
sparkling white sand. Spooyt Vane, 'White
Spout,' is the name of a pretty little waterfall.
Larivane ilaare) ' White Floor,' is explained
under laare (see p. 231). Bane also occurs in the
curious name Craig-bane-y-Bill-Willy, ' Willy
Bill Son's White Crag.' Bane 2^x16. Vane are, in the
north of the island especially, corruptly pronounced
and spelled hedn and vedn, as in Carnane Bedn,