The Wind on the Heath - A Gypsy Anthology (Romany History Series)John Sampson This magnificent Gypsy anthology was first published in London 1930. It contains over 300 items of prose and verse gleaned from classical literature, folklore, history and true Gypsy life. It has long been considered unique in its field and is very hard to find in its first edition. We have now re-published this scarce book incorporating the original text and illustrations. The book's 380 pages are divided into 12 sections designed to bring to light the chief facets of Gypsy life. They have been chosen for their historical and anthropological interest and are supported with illustrations of the real Gypsy way of life, and yet the same wind blows over all on this Gypsy heath. Contents include: The Dark Race. - The Roaming Life. - Field and Sky. - Gypsies and Gentiles. - The Romany Chye. - Gypsy Children. - Sturt and Strife. - Black Arts. - A Gypsy Bestiary. - Egipte Speche. - Scholar Gypsies. - Envoy. Also included is a glossary of Romani words. This important book is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest in Gypsy ways. |
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... face Appear a srange chimera; None, none but you can now be syled Romantic, picuresque, and wild, In this prosaic era. Ye sole freebooters of the wood, Since Adam Bell and Robin Hood: Kept everywhere asunder From other tribes,—King ...
... face Appear a srange chimera; None, none but you can now be syled Romantic, picuresque, and wild, In this prosaic era. Ye sole freebooters of the wood, Since Adam Bell and Robin Hood: Kept everywhere asunder From other tribes,—King ...
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... face of earth appeareth prosperous, Continuous blessings are in every part, Save that the poor complain agains the ills Of fortune and the Sháh. “The rich,” they say, “Wear wreaths of roses in their drinking-bouts, And quaff to ...
... face of earth appeareth prosperous, Continuous blessings are in every part, Save that the poor complain agains the ills Of fortune and the Sháh. “The rich,” they say, “Wear wreaths of roses in their drinking-bouts, And quaff to ...
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... faces were tawny, their hair all curly, and they'd rings of silver in their ears. The women were sill uglier than the men. Their faces were darker, and always uncovered; they wore a sorry kirtle about their body; an old piece of linen ...
... faces were tawny, their hair all curly, and they'd rings of silver in their ears. The women were sill uglier than the men. Their faces were darker, and always uncovered; they wore a sorry kirtle about their body; an old piece of linen ...
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... face de la terre depuis que, dans nos derniers temps, les hommes ont été désinfatués des sortilèges, des talismans, des prédicions et des possessions; on voit encore quelques reses de ces malheureux, mais rarement: c'était très ...
... face de la terre depuis que, dans nos derniers temps, les hommes ont été désinfatués des sortilèges, des talismans, des prédicions et des possessions; on voit encore quelques reses de ces malheureux, mais rarement: c'était très ...
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... face, and sared him in the eyes: then turning to me, he said, 'We are not dui palor; this man is no Roman; I believe him to be a Jew; he has the face of one; besides, if he were a Rom, even from Jericho, he could rokra a few words in ...
... face, and sared him in the eyes: then turning to me, he said, 'We are not dui palor; this man is no Roman; I believe him to be a Jew; he has the face of one; besides, if he were a Rom, even from Jericho, he could rokra a few words in ...
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Common terms and phrases
almos Arthur Symons Aunt Rodi beautiful bebee behold birds brother camp chap Charles Godfrey Leland child cuckoo dance dark disant donkey earth Egyptian English Gypsies eyes face father fire firs fortune Francis Hindes Groome gentleman George Borrow George Meredith Gilderoy Gipsy Gipsy’s girl gorgios grass GYPSY LADDIE Gypsy Song hair hand hath heard Hedgehog horse Jasper John John Bunyan King lady language Lavengro Leland lisen live looked Lord man’s maser mother mysery never night o’er Petulengro Poems poor quesion race road Romany Rye round sars siés sill sing siser sleep sood sory srange sranger sream sweet tell tent thee Theodore Watts-Dunton there’s things thou art thought tree undersand unto Ursula vagabond W. H. Hudson wander wild William Hazlitt William Wordsworth wind woman wood words Wordsworth young