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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... FORTUNE MR . PEPYS BELIEVES IN FORTUNE-TELLING MILTON DISPARAGES THE ART SIR ROGER'S LINE OF LIFE THE SIBYL A MAID 'S LAMENT UPON CUPID THE LADY PURBECK'S FORTUNE. VIII. BLACK. ARTS. George Borrow George Borrow Transylvanian Gypsy Song ...
... FORTUNE MR . PEPYS BELIEVES IN FORTUNE-TELLING MILTON DISPARAGES THE ART SIR ROGER'S LINE OF LIFE THE SIBYL A MAID 'S LAMENT UPON CUPID THE LADY PURBECK'S FORTUNE. VIII. BLACK. ARTS. George Borrow George Borrow Transylvanian Gypsy Song ...
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John Sampson. NARCISSUS THE FORTUNE-TELLER THE VICAR'S DAUGHTERS THE WAY OF SOOTHSAYERS KING BAGRAT AND THE MAGICIANS MRS . HERNE AND THE G REY-HAIRED BROTHER POISONING THE PORKER WARLOCKS AND GYPSIES HOW TO TELL A WITCH OTHELLO AND THE ...
John Sampson. NARCISSUS THE FORTUNE-TELLER THE VICAR'S DAUGHTERS THE WAY OF SOOTHSAYERS KING BAGRAT AND THE MAGICIANS MRS . HERNE AND THE G REY-HAIRED BROTHER POISONING THE PORKER WARLOCKS AND GYPSIES HOW TO TELL A WITCH OTHELLO AND THE ...
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... fortune-tellers; or creeping along some lonely rusic way, in slow nomadic trail, towards another camping-ground. Gipsies were a familiar sight in that green nook of the bonny north. From the great rural plain of the Fylde, on the wes ...
... fortune-tellers; or creeping along some lonely rusic way, in slow nomadic trail, towards another camping-ground. Gipsies were a familiar sight in that green nook of the bonny north. From the great rural plain of the Fylde, on the wes ...
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... fortune. Horace Smith. Where. do. we. come. from? WHERE we comes from, the dear Lord only knows, and He's too high and mighty to tell the likes of us. The. Region. of. Chal. THE region of Chal was our dear native soil, Where in fulness of ...
... fortune. Horace Smith. Where. do. we. come. from? WHERE we comes from, the dear Lord only knows, and He's too high and mighty to tell the likes of us. The. Region. of. Chal. THE region of Chal was our dear native soil, Where in fulness of ...
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... fortune and the Sháh. “The rich,” they say, “Wear wreaths of roses in their drinking-bouts, And quaff to minsrelsy, but as for us They do not reckon us as men at all. The empty-handed drinketh with no rose Or harp.” The king of kings ...
... fortune and the Sháh. “The rich,” they say, “Wear wreaths of roses in their drinking-bouts, And quaff to minsrelsy, but as for us They do not reckon us as men at all. The empty-handed drinketh with no rose Or harp.” The king of kings ...
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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