Meanings
plural trammans
- Isle of ManAn elder tree.
'The old trammans at Ballakoig were cut down, and the fairies came every night to weep and lament.'
1976, Margaret Killip, The folklore of the Isle of Man, page 361 more example
As above noted, the Blackbird was even a hundred years ago remarkably common in Man, and it is to-day an extremely abundant and widely-spread species, equally at home among the fuchsias and 'trammans' of a cottage garden […]
1905, Pilcher George Ralfe, The birds of the Isle of Man, page 9
Origin
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