The English Gipsies and their Language

Charles G. Leland

Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook. This book has 169 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1873.

Description

A look into the culture, language and folklore of the English Roma in the mid-19th Century. Chapters include; Gipsy Cottage; The Gipsy Tinker; Gipsy Respect For The Dead; Gipsy Words Which Have Passed Into English Slang; Proverbs And Chance Phrases; Indications Of The Indian Origin Of The Gipsies; and, Rommani Gudli; Or, Gipsy Stories And Fables.

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