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Josephine Kermode (1852–1937) was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag". ==Early life== Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode was born on 18 September 1852, at 73 Parliament Street, Ramsey.〔'Cushag: An Appreciation’by Constance Radcliffe, in ''Them ‘Oul Times: Poems by Cushag'', Edited and Published by Constance Radcliffe, 1993, pp. i–iii (available on (''Manx Literature'' on Flickr ) (accessed 20 June 2013))〕 She was one of seven children who lived beyond childhood to Rev William Kermode, and his second wife, Jane Bishop, of Shelton Hall, Staffordshire.〔'Philip Moore Callow Kermode, 1855–1935', by Frances Coakley on (www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook )〕〔'The Kermode Family of Ramsey' by William Cubbon, in ''The Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society'', Vol 5 No 1, available on (www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook )〕 As well as being Chaplain of St. Paul's Church, Ramsey, Josephine Kermode's father was President of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society and he was to initiate a Parish Book for Ballaugh, in which he wrote a useful account of the antiquarian remains in the parish.〔Chapter 1 Manx Worthies, A.W. Moore, 1901, available on (www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook )〕 He inspired devotion in his children and "a love of learning, a love of country and a love of service."〔''P.M.C. Kermode: An Appreciation on the Centenary of the Manx Museum'' by Marshall Cubbon, available on (www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook )〕 Cushag, as she came to be known, and her sisters were educated at home by a governess, while her brothers went to public school.〔 She and the family moved around the north of the island as her father changed jobs, moving from St. Paul's in Ramsey to become, first, Vicar at Kirk Maughold (1871–77) and then Rector of Ballaugh (1877–1890).〔'Kermode, Josephine ('Cushag')’ by Sue Woolley, in ''New Manx Worthies'' ed. Dollin Kelly, Douglas, Manx National Heritage, 2006〕〔'Clergyman had three wives and 14 children', published Tuesday 26 February 2008, (IOM Today )〕 After her father's death in 1890, the family moved back to Ramsey, to Hillside on Vernon Road.〔〔 Here Cushag took up a voluntary role as a District Nurse, until her health was adversely affected and she was obliged to stop.〔 Eventually the family moved to the former home of Cushag's grandparents' in Claughbane, on the outskirts of Ramsey.〔 Cushag never married, and she acted as housekeeper for her brother P.M.C. Kermode from 1908, the year after his seminal work on the Manx Crosses was published.〔 P.M.C., as he was known,〔 was an amateur archaeologist and historian at this time, whilst working full-time as Clerk to the Justices at Ramsey.〔 Cushag was described as sharing with her brother "the same gentle kindliness and old-fashioned courtesy; proud, yet modest; sensitive and yet lovable."〔'The Kermode Family of Ramsey' by William Cubbon, in ''The Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society'', Vol 5 Np 1, available on (www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook )〕 She respected P.M.C with the "reverence for a genius."〔 They lived in a secluded house in Glen Auldyn, with the river running through its garden and a meadow next to it for the grazing of their horse, Brownie.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josephine Kermode」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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