Cushag, 1852-1937

found: Them oul' times : a collection of poems, 1993:t.p. (Cushag) p. i (Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode was b. at 73 Parliament Street, Ramsey on Sept. 18th, 1852; Josephine Kermode; universally known by her pseudonym "Cushag" (ragwort) ... plant generally accepted as the Manx national flower) p. ii (d. Feb. 15th, 1937)

found: Wikipedia, August 9, 2016:Josephine Kermode (Josephine Kermode (1852-1937) was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag"; Margaret Letitia Josephine Kermode; born 18 September 1852, Ramsey, Isle of Man; died 15 February 1937 (aged 84), Bournemouth, England; nationality: Manx)

found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, via WWW, August 9, 2016(Kermode, (Margaret Leotitia) Josephine [pseud. Cushag] (1852-1937), author, was born on 18 September 1852 at 73 Parliament Street, Ramsey, Isle of Man; three volumes of poems appeared between 1907 and 1912, published under the pseudonym Cushag after the then national flower of the Isle of Man, the ragwort. The volume Poems by Cushag (1907) was published by G. & L. Johnson, followed by Ellan Vannin (1911) and Manx Melodies (1922). Manx Melodies was a collected edition of her published poems, including those printed in journals such as Mannin, the journal of Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, the Manx Language Society. Her poetry also appeared in Ellan Vannin, the magazine of the World Manx Association, an important link to the homeland for Manx emigrants. Kermode also wrote plays, the best-known examples of which, Mylecharaine (1920) and The Quaker of Ballafayle (1926), were published in the Ramsey Courier newspaper. Her set of Peel Plays was written for the Peel Players, an amateur theatrical company under the wing of Kermode's close friend Sophia Morrison, whose death she commemorated in a poem. A second series, entitled the Glen Auldyn plays, was produced to raise funds for the relief of Belgian refugees during the First World War) - http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76336