St Trinian's School "Floreat St. Trinian's" ("May St. Trinian's Bloom/Flourish"), a sly reference to the motto of Eton ("Floreat Etona"—"May Eton Flourish"). The musical score for the St. Trinian films was written by Malcolm Arnold and included the school song, with words accredited to Sidney Gilliat (1954). St Trinian's School St Trinian's was a British gag cartoon comic strip series, created and drawn by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952. The cartoons all centre on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series
Buggane the intervention of St. Trinian. Invoked by the captain with a promise to build a chapel in his honour, the saint guided the ship safely into Peel Harbour. Incensed, the buggane screamed, "St. Trinian should never have a whole church in Ellan Vannin." When the chapel came to be built, three times the local people put a roof on, and three times the buggane tore it off. As magical creatures, bugganes were unable to cross water or stand on hallowed ground. The "Buggan ny Hushtey" lived in a large cave near the sea and was known for having no liking