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Ben Varrey in Ramsey Harbour
Recently I stopped by one of my regular blog stops only to find the Ben Varrey, the ship above was docked in their harbour in Barrow. I had noticed it had left Ramsey Harbour but no idea where it had gone so thank you Enitharmon for posting the ship. Where though does the Ben Varrey get it's very unusual name? Back to the island myth and legend.
Ben Varrey is the Manx(Manx is the language of the the Isle Of Man) name for a Mermaid. Ben Varrey was a bit of a naughty mermaid. A beautiful mermaid she used to lure sailors to their death around the Isle of Man by the ususal method of the siren's song in the pursuit, whereupon the Ben Varrey would collect her shiny jewels and any more form the shipwrecks. Naughty mermaid!
I did look for Ben Varrey, but I couldn't see her. Instead I give you the cargo ship that is named after her and owned by The Ramsey Steam Ship Company. The Red Cross you see is the companies symbol. The Ben Varrey is a working ship, as Ramsey is still a working harbour. It's a cargo ship carrying mainly grain and bale around the Irish Sea and near Continenent trade. No jewels though, which is perhaps why it's namesake the Ben Varrey, mermaid doesn't bother with her, no precious shiny jewels.
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Ben Varrey in Ramsey Harbour
Recently I stopped by one of my regular blog stops only to find the Ben Varrey, the ship above was docked in their harbour in Barrow. I had noticed it had left Ramsey Harbour but no idea where it had gone so thank you Enitharmon for posting the ship. Where though does the Ben Varrey get it's very unusual name? Back to the island myth and legend.
Ben Varrey is the Manx(Manx is the language of the the Isle Of Man) name for a Mermaid. Ben Varrey was a bit of a naughty mermaid. A beautiful mermaid she used to lure sailors to their death around the Isle of Man by the ususal method of the siren's song in the pursuit, whereupon the Ben Varrey would collect her shiny jewels and any more form the shipwrecks. Naughty mermaid!
I did look for Ben Varrey, but I couldn't see her. Instead I give you the cargo ship that is named after her and owned by The Ramsey Steam Ship Company. The Red Cross you see is the companies symbol. The Ben Varrey is a working ship, as Ramsey is still a working harbour. It's a cargo ship carrying mainly grain and bale around the Irish Sea and near Continenent trade. No jewels though, which is perhaps why it's namesake the Ben Varrey, mermaid doesn't bother with her, no precious shiny jewels.
Like to see the Ben Varrey in Barrow click the HERE.
For more my entries click MY WORLD and thank the skywatch gang once again for another inspired idea.
82 comments:
What a beautiful place! This would make an awesome Skywatch Friday photo, too! :D
Beautiful. Have a great week.
This might qualify as the most unusual and informative mermaid photo ever!
I love those swans (?) in line and how the clouds seem to be running in that blue sky! Perfect!!!
That's a breathtaking shot. So beautiful. Interesting to learn about the mermaid.
It is indeed a beautiful shot! And I love the mermaid story. Really fun and beautiful post! Thank you!
People often comment I look like a mermaid because of my long, blond hair and give me mermaid theed gifts....thus, I really like mermaid stories. :-) I hadn't read this one before, so mahalo for sharing.
Beautiful colors! And fascinating story :)
Very enjoyable post and story about your Mermaid.
Maybe I know where she is now.lol.see my prev post.
Nice story.Beautiful ship.
Great seaside World.
My daughter would have loved a pic of the mermaid, but I love that blue sky and water. With the little geese all lined up.
Wow, what a beautiful place! If there have been mountais it could look like Norway. But we dont have mermaids. We have a beautiful women in the woods who is so very nice looking and sing so beautifully that all the men who sees or hear her have to follow her into the swamps and drown.
Very interesting to read about your mermaid. Beautiful photo as well:)
PS: The Angle og the North is beautiful. She could be a very nice girlfriend to our lonley Havmann;)
Have a nice week:)
Nice shot and interesting story - I look forward to more! By the way, I've put a link from my blog to here to keep up with the latest posts. Have fun!
I think mermaids were cruel ladies! :-) So I prefer Ben Varrey in form of a ship! :-) Very beautiful photo especially with an adorable blue sky!
Have a nice Tuesday!
Babooshka: Why does a mermaid have a guys name, inquiring minds want to know.
I was thinking the same as Leslie. A great Sky Watch picture! Very picturesque!
I should have mentioned it in my post, but our river hasn't frozen over yet.
Likewise I think this could be a great Skywatch image.....Thanks for a great photo and brilliant srory of which I had never heard before......Fishing guy.....the name Ben in Manx isn't the name of a man it means Woman
Beautiful picture and very interesting story. Funny 'Ben Varrey' doesn't sound like a beautiful woman.
Great colours and composition !
It's the Manx language for you fishing guy. Ben Varrey just transalastes as mermaid. st confusing that the Ben part just happens to me a man's name. I know funny sland, funny language.
Fun to hear the local legends. I was hoping for a tie-in to the swans in the photo.
That blue is simply stunning.
beautiful tale and lovely pic!
Great shot and I really enjoyed the story that accompanied it.
Nice post. :-)
Are you still doing this blog? Why?
Thanks for that wonderful story. I love the legend. Sex and stuff--the two ways to a man's heart. What a wise woman she was, all the same.
Thanks for sharing the island's myth and legend.
That is such a beautiful pictures and I love the story about Ben Varrey
Beautiful photo - the swans really make it - and very interesting text.
Awesome photo and great story to go along with it!
That sky looks like it was painted that way... just gorgeous.
And who doesn't love a good sea story? Well played sir!
I think this is succint statement about the nature of displacement, one of my favorite laws of nature to ponder. How can all those different things all float I ask?
Thanks for stopping by and for your nice comment.
Interesting story of the mermaid. Lovely shot!
That ship gets around. I really like your pic today, very crisp.
I have not heard about this mermaid story....very good...
bonne photo, avec les oiseaux et ton ciel si beau (je sais pas comment tu fais pour avoir un ciel si magnifique)
Always so informative; and I must say I enjoyed this one immensely.
Lovely photo to accompany it.
Very beautiful scenery. It looked like a painting and the swans are a bonus to the photo.
Always enjoy a good fish story, Boo, and this is a pretty good yarn. Great harbor shot too! Those scudding clouds you captured so well here really set off the blue sky.
Nice story on Ben Varrey, and a splendid shot!
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Beautiful sky and white birds (gulls, geese), you have a world with much beauty.
Beautiful sky in the picture with the ship. Wonderful mermaid story.
Thank you for sharing.
So love your stories behind the photos! This is a very unusual one! Great shot!
What a calming scene!! I love the fluffy clouds, blue water and of course the swans!! I can imagine myself spending a whole Sunday afternoon enjoying such a scenic sight!
I love learning about legends like that -- and it's a nice looking ship, too!
Beautiful Babooshka !
The swans (?) are so pretty near the boats...
It's a beautiful and sadly story of the mermaid.
Lovely photo and mermaid tale - never visited IOM must call in sometime!
beautiful place and photo!!
have a nice week!!
Gee, a mermaid named "Ben!" ;<)
Informative post, and I like the way the swans are lined up, too.
Beautiful composition! The horizontal clouds are amazing.
A lovely harbour scene. I like the swans too..
Interesting post, I enjoyed the mermaid legend.
Great shot and neat story. You always have the most interesting stories to go with the photos. MB
I googled Ben Varrey and Ramsey Daily Photo showed up. You are famous. MB
What a very cool place you live. I love legends passed down through time. I love to listen to them and think of how the peoples that made them looked at life. Thanks for sharing
Ah those alluring mermaids.Wonderful photo.
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Nice shot and story. Love the blue sky.
Great post, love the shot! Sailors best beware the mermaid ;-)
LOL!... Great choice indeed!!! (thanks for your comment... I needed that...)
I am your photo a nice view the Congratulate.
Fascinating story and so much going on in the photograph. That sky, the sea, the boats and the ducks, no less. are they ducks? Superb photo.
B.
Glad to see your Isle again. Thanks for your comments while I was in Paris. IT's good to get around and see my friends here today.
Best,
V
What a beautiful setting, love the scenery here.
And thanks for stopping by my blog, and to tell ya it was the first light house i have ever been in as well, and it was exciting to see how it worked. I guess there are some that you can't go in, but i am looking forward to going to see others.
Love to see all that blueness against our white - grey landscape and sky!
Thanks to you and thank you also for your visit my blog!
Be There i would like. Greetings.
Ooh, lovely. Doesn't really look like anywehre in the UK or it might just be my eyes lol!
Ciao
Scarlet x
What a great tale!
Best to you and this blog, which is currently featured on my own.
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Beautiful! aloha-
A colored story
Very interesting post and an incredibly clear blue sky. Here from David's.
Another interesting and informative post. I love the photo as well.
I love the swans in the foreground (are they swans? Ducks? whatever) - they look like they're origami birds!
A naughty mermaid indeed, but that harbour is beautiful!
I love the story of the mermaid and the photo of the beautiful harbor.
enjoyed your post and the photo was beautiful.
thanks for sharing.
Very nice photo. I loved reading the folklore.
very beautiful place, I love the lined up ducks too :)
Beautiful shot with mirrored intense blues, and the line of swans draws my eye towards the ship.
Ben Varrey sounds like a cigar-chomping stand-up comic, can't reconcile that image with a mermaid.
absolutely 3D with that sky and those ducks in the foreground...
what a great view in the shot! thanks for sharing
wow, very pretty sky and harbor
it looks so sunny there but I imagine it's cold, too?
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