Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 263, Issue 1587William Blackwood, 1948 |
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... horse - drawn caravan in Sussex and Kent with a young gypsy as companion . He used a number of sobriquets , but his real name was Ted Scamp . Real name ? His real name had been forgotten centuries ago . But the gypsies in England have ...
... horse - drawn caravan in Sussex and Kent with a young gypsy as companion . He used a number of sobriquets , but his real name was Ted Scamp . Real name ? His real name had been forgotten centuries ago . But the gypsies in England have ...
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... horses . " If a Romani gets right down till he loses his horse you'll generally find a ' scription's got up for him till he's got another unless he's trying it on , which he'd never do but once . " " You do have certain laws amongst ...
... horses . " If a Romani gets right down till he loses his horse you'll generally find a ' scription's got up for him till he's got another unless he's trying it on , which he'd never do but once . " " You do have certain laws amongst ...
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... horse'n everything . " As for actually telling me in words that morning that he intended to set out for home - it would not , of course , have occurred to him . Anyone who understands the Romani will appreciate this . And how right he ...
... horse'n everything . " As for actually telling me in words that morning that he intended to set out for home - it would not , of course , have occurred to him . Anyone who understands the Romani will appreciate this . And how right he ...
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