Hop-tu-Naa
hoptunaa hop nay manx oie houney irish oíche shamhna ˌiːçə ˈhəunˠə celtic festival celebrated isle man october celebration traditional gaelic festival samhain start winter thought oldest unbroken tradition isle man manx name oie houney corresponds irish oíche shamhna pronounced though revived manx exact status oíche shamhna role celtic calendar matter debate oíche shamhna eventually mutated halloween northern england ireland carried america irish immigrant developed modern halloween term hoptunaa come manx gaelic song traditionally sung festival included nonsense hoptunaa refrain nonsense rhyme common theme irish scottish gaelic music isle man today many group people continue tradition singing hoptunaa song around house traditionally referred wait going around visiting house especially wealthy soliciting gift beggar going around house featured deemster turnip lantern addition many public hoptunaa event take place across isle man year today include competition artistically carving turnip singing traditional song well many event run within local community national folk museum cregneash host event teach traditional hoptunaa song help people carve turnip modern hoptunaa child dress go house house hoping given sweet money elsewhere child carry carved turnip lantern known moot manx sing hoptunaa song regional variety turnip carved hoptunaa variation focusing way turnip nature decoration believed turniplanterns date earlier start th century vegetable introduced end previous century past child would bring stump turnip batter door refused give money ancient form trick treat practice appears died hoptunaa dance collected mona douglas leighton stowell believed danced street hoptunaa night couple carrying turniplanterns simple procession dance pair dancer involves manx reel step combination arch dance taught many school isle man october year danced many hoptunaa event across island older custom similar attached january new year time prophesying weather prediction fortunetelling last thing night ash fire smoothed hearth receive imprint foot next morning track pointed towards door someone house would die footprint pointed inward indicated birth cake made called soddag valloo dumb cake made eaten silence young woman girl hand baking red ember hearth first helping mix ingredient flour egg eggshell soot salt kneading dough cake divided eaten silence still without speaking eaten went bed walking backwards expecting hoping see future husband dream vision future husband expected appear dream offer drink water mean divination steal salt herring neighbour roast fire eat silence retire bed hold water mouth pinch salt hand listen neighbour conversation whereupon first name mentioned would future spouse traditional food hoptunaa includes mrastyr potato parsnip fish mashed butter leftover evening meal would left crock fresh water fairy toffee would also made sugar water communal activity evening hoptunaa different version hoptunaa song sung different area island jinnie witch modern manx english song sung around douglas area according hampton creer jinnys real name joney lowney lived braddan tried bishop court witchcraft greatest crime stopping ballaughton corn mill sentenced day imprisonment fined £ made stand four market cross dressed sackcloth modern song go follows hoptunaa mother gone away wont back morning jinnie witch flew house fetch stick lather mouse hoptunaa mother gone away wont back morning hoptunaa traalalaa west island longer version sung closely related manx version following version date – similar version recorded vocabulary anglomanx dialect w moore sophia morrison edmund goodwin hoptunaa put pot hoptunaa put pan hoptunaa burnt throt throat hoptunaa guess ran hoptunaa ran well hoptunaa drank fill hoptunaa way back hoptunaa met witch cat hoptunaa cat began grin hoptunaa began run hoptunaa ran ronague hoptunaa guess saw hoptunaa saw old woman hoptunaa baking bonnags hoptunaa roasting sconnags hoptunaa asked bit hoptunaa gave bit big big toe hoptunaa dipped milk hoptunaa wrapped silk hoptunaa traa la lay youre going give u anything give u soon run away light moon southern version castletown includes mention witch mill smelt monument old house key auld hollantide night moon shine clear bright hoptunaa traalalaa jinnie witch jumped college fetch stick stir porridge hoptunaa traalalaa castletown square mighty bare isnt statue hoptunaa traalalaa castle grey parliament gone harbour quiet smuggler run hoptunaa traalalaa light turned sweet given chorus old hollantide night moon shining bright youre going bring u money better bring quick may start sing neighbour think youre thick hoptunaa traalalaa jinnie witch mill dont give u something quick come get new song hoptunaa continue created notable written scaanjoon commissioned culture vannin taken manx traditional music youth group bree part repertoire allantide calan gaeaf guising halloween hogmanay samhain hoptunaa information resource archived october wayback machine culture vannin hoptunaa turnip carving short video explaining carve traditional peel turnip recording song associated hoptunaa performance hoptunaa dance