The Moddey Dhoo (Manx: [ˈmoːdðə dðuː] or Manx: [ˈmaːdə 'duː], meaning "black dog" in Manx) is a phantom black dog in Manx folklore that reputedly haunted Peel Castle on the west coast of the Isle of Man. == Nomenclature == The Manx name Moddey Dhoo was mis-transcribed as Mauthe Doog () by an influential 18th-Century English-speaking folklore source, which led to a history of misspellings of the proper name.
The Moddey Dhoo (Manx: [ˈmoːdðə dðuː] or Manx: [ˈmaːdə 'duː], meaning "black dog" in Manx) is a phantom black dog in Manx folklore that reputedly haunted Peel Castle on the west coast of the Isle of Man. == Nomenclature == The Manx name Moddey Dhoo was mis-transcribed as Mauthe Doog () by an influential 18th-Century English-speaking folklore source, which led to a history of misspellings of the proper name.
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