Gipsy Life: Being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvementSmith, George
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Gipsy Life: Being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement
Smith, George
Romanies -- Great Britain
“The girl goes for the milk (and she has a river to go threw) when
presently a Bull is heard roreng. Mother, dare now, boy, go and meet
your sister; does de Bull roreing after her. She will fall down in a
faint in de middle of de riber. Boy sar can I gal ear yoi ta ma
docadom me heroi ta shom quit leam (the old woman), go, man, go, man,
and stick has dat charey chai is a beling da da say dat dat is a very
bad after jovyas. Strenge men brings the Horses and donkeys up to
the tents, and begins to scould very much. (The little girl comes
with the milk.) The girl said to her brother that she may fall over
the wooden in the river for what he cared; yet the boy said that when
she would fall down she would chin a bit, and all the fish would come
and nibble at her. Horras and her bull; and then they began the
scrubble, and begins to scould her brother for not going to meet her,
when they boath have a scuffel over the fire, and very near knocks
the jockett over, when the boy hops away upon one leg, and hops upon
one of the dog’s paws—un-seen—and dog runs away barking, and runs
himself near one of the Donkeys, and the Donkey gives him a kick,
until he is briging in the horse. The old woman: Dare now, dare now,
ockkie now chorro jocked mardo. Breakfast is over with a deal of
boather, and a little laughing and cursing and swaring.
“They strike the tents. (The old woman) Men chovolay nen sig waste
ja mangay. I am a faling a vaver drom codires, and you will meet me
near old Town. Be shewer and leave a _pattern_ by the side of the
cross road, if you sal be dare before me.
“(The old man and the Boys Pitches the Tents) and gets himself ready
to go to the Town. The old woman comes up, and one of the girls with
her—boath very tired and havey, loaded with _choben_ behind her back,
anugh to frighten waggens and carts of the road with her humpey back.
“(They intend to stay in this delightfull camping place for a good
many days.) To day is soposid to be a very hot day, and a fare day
in a Town about three miles and ½ from there. The old woman and one
of her Daughters goes out as usual. The old man takes a couple of
Horses to the Fare to try and sell. (The boys go a fishing.) The
day is very bright and hot. (The old man soon comes home.)
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