The township is located directly between the villages of Mey to the west along the A836 coast road, and the village of Canisbay to the east.
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The saying "Ne'er cast a cloot til Mey's oot" conveys a warning not to shed any clothes before the summer has fully arrived and the May flowers (hawthorn blossoms) are in full bloom.
The island was initially staffed by one physician, Dr. Charles F. de Mey, four French sisters of Charity of the Order of Saint Paul Chartres, a jesuit priest and several other employees.
After receipt of his doctorate, Mey was employed at the Militärversuchsamt Tegel and then at the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, where he specialized in research and development of incandescent light bulbs.
Blench (2011) suggests the name Kamengic, from the Kameng area of Arunachal Pradesh, or alternatively Bugun–Mey, after its two main members.
The best-known and popular brands of raki, however, remain Yeni Rakı, originally produced by Tekel, which transferred production rights to Mey Alkol upon the 2004 privatization of Tekel, and Tekirdağ Rakısı from the region of Tekirdağ, which is famous for its characteristic flavor, believed to be due to the artesian waters of Çorlu used in its production.
With this time, he outpaced the 1,000 m favourite, Igor Zhelezovski, by 8 hundredths of a second, but Mey wound up finishing in second place, just behind another outsider, the World Allround Champion Nikolay Gulyayev.
Many different composers and rock artists have been writing scores for his shows, including X-Legged Sally, Peter Vermeersch, Thierry De Mey, David Byrne, Marc Ribot, David Eugene Edwards, Mauro Pawlowski and Elko Blijweert.