Re: Valentine's Day


"a l l y" <ally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > In Scotland
there used to be some sort of differentiation between
Romanies/gypsies and Tinkers, although they all travelled around in much
the same way. (This was before the new-age lot came on the scene.) I
always assumed the gypsies were of Romany blood and the tinkers weren't,
though I don't know if that was correct. I met several tinkers who spoke
their own cant - I never found out if that was the same as/ similar to/
completely different from the Romany tongue. Mostly the tinkers were
referred to as Tinks or Travellers.

Kez?

ally

I always thought that tinker was the trade and many gypsies plied that
trade.
The gypsies who lived temporarily on the Cowbit wash, when I was a child,
used to call at the door to see of there were any pots to mend. \they
certainly lived in the traditional decorated caravans. One of them -
Boswells they were- settled down near Cowbit and runs a Romany museum with
his parents' van fully restored, as one of the exhibits.

Rex


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