Arkan sonney

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{{lang|gv|Arkan sonney}} {{IPAc-en|ɑː|k|ʌ|n| |s|ɒ|n|ɑː|}}{{Cite web |title=Animals {{!}} Learn Manx |url=https://www.learnmanx.com/learning/spoken-dictionary/animals/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.learnmanx.com}} ("lucky urchin" or "plentiful little pig") is the Manx term for hedgehog. In Manx folklore it is a type of fairy animal that takes the form of a white pig that brings good fortune to those who manage to catch it.{{cite book|last=Briggs |first=Katharine |date=1976 |title=An Encyclopedia of Fairies |publisher=Pantheon Books |pages=10 |isbn=0394409183}}{{Cite book |last=Bane |first=Theresa |title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology |publisher=McFarland |year=2013 |isbn=9781476612423 |edition=Illustrated |pages=35 |language=EN}}{{cite book|last=Gill |first=Walter |date=1929 |title=A Manx Scrapbook |publisher=J. W. Arrowsmith |chapter-url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/scrap1/ch04_pk.htm |chapter=4}} It was even considered a favourable omen just to have seen the "lucky piggy". It was also said that if you caught one you would always find a silver coin in your pocket.{{cite web|url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_a.htm |website=Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect |title=Arkan Sonney}} However, holding on to it for too long will result in bad fortune.{{Cite book |last=Maberry |first=Jonathan |title=The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre |last2=Kramer |first2=David |publisher=Citadel Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780806528199 |edition=Illustrated |pages=101 |language=EN}}

In Fairy Tales From the Isle of Man (1951) by Dora Broome, the white pig is described as having red eyes and ears, and though it can alter its size it is not able to change its shape.As retold in {{harvnb|Briggs|1976}} Theresa Bane describes the pig in a similar way, without mention of red eyes.