The English Gipsies and Their Language
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It gives several incidents illustrating the character of the Gipsy- and some information of a very curious nature in reference to the respect of the English Gipsies for their dead- and the strange manner in which they testify it.' (From original Preface)
Chapters (111)
- THE ENGLISH GIPSIES AND THEIR LANGUAGE By Charles G. Leland
- PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. A GIPSY COTTAGE.
- CHAPTER III. THE GIPSY TINKER.
- CHAPTER IV. GIPSY RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER V. GIPSY LETTERS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GERMAN GIPSY.
- TRANSLATION.
- GERMAN GIPSY.
- TRANSLATION.
- CHAPTER VI. GIPSY WORDS WHICH HAVE PASSED INTO ENGLISH SLANG.
- CHAPTER VII. PROVERBS AND CHANCE PHRASES.
- CHAPTER VIII. INDICATIONS OF THE INDIAN ORIGIN OF THE GIPSIES.
- CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEA.
- “GILLI OF A RUMMANY JUVA.
- TRANSLATION.
- CHAPTER X. GIPSIES IN EGYPT.
- ROMMANI GUDLI; OR, GIPSY STORIES AND FABLES.
- GUDLO I. HOW A GIPSY SAVED A CHILD’S LIFE BY BREAKING A WINDOW.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO II. THE GIPSY STORY OF THE BIRD AND THE HEDGEHOG.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO III. A STORY OF A FORTUNE-TELLER.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO IV. HOW THE ROYSTON ROOK DECEIVED THE ROOKS AND PIGEONS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO V. THE GIPSY’S STORY OF THE GORGIO AND THE ROMMANY CHAL.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO VI. HOW THE GIPSY BRIBED THE POLICEMAN.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO VII. HOW A GIPSY LOST THREEPENCE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO VIII. THE STORY OF THE GIPSY’S DOG.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO IX. A STORY OF THE PRIZE-FIGHTER AND THE GENTLEMAN.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO X. OF THE GENTLEMAN AND THE OLD GIPSY WOMAN.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XI. THE GIPSY TELLS OF THE CAT AND THE HARE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XII. OF THE GIPSY WOMAN AND THE CHILD.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XIII. OF THE GIRL THAT WAS TO MARRY THE DEVIL.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XIV. OF THE GIPSY WHO STOLE THE HORSE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XV. THE HALF-BLOOD GIPSY, HIS WIFE, AND THE PIG.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XVI. THE GIPSY TELLS THE STORY OF THE SEVEN WHISTLERS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XVII. AN OLD STORY WELL KNOWN TO ALL GIPSIES.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XVIII. HOW THE GIPSY WENT TO CHURCH.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XIX. WHAT THE LITTLE GIPSY GIRL TOLD HER BROTHER.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XX. HOW CHARLEY LEE PLAYED AT PITCH-AND-TOSS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXI. OF THE TINKER AND THE KETTLE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXII. THE STORY OF “ROMMANY JŌTER.”
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXIII. OF THE RICH GIPSY AND THE PHEASANT.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXIV. THE GIPSY AND THE “VISITING-CARDS.”
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXV. THE GIPSY IN THE FOREST.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXVI. THE GIPSY FIDDLER AND THE YOUNG LADY.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXVII. HOW THE GIPSY DANCED A HOLE THROUGH A STONE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXVIII. STORY OF THE GENTLEMAN AND THE GIPSY.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXIX. HOW THE GIPSY WENT INTO THE WATER.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXX. THE GIPSY AND HIS TWO MASTERS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXI. THE LITTLE GIPSY BOY AT THE SILVERSMITH’S.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXII. THE GIPSY’S DREAM.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXIII. OF THE GIRL AND HER LOVER.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXIV. THE GIPSY TELLS OF WILL-O’-THE-WISP.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXV. THE GIPSY EXPLAINS WHY THE FLOUNDER HAS HIS MOUTH ON ONE SIDE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXVI. A GIPSY ACCOUNT OF THE TRUE ORIGIN OF THE FISH CALLED OLD MAIDS OR YOUNG MAIDS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXVII. HOW LORD COVENTRY LEAPED THE GIPSY TENT. A TRUE STORY.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXVIII. OF MR BARTLETT’S LEAP.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XXXIX. THE GIPSY, THE PIG, AND THE MUSTARD.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XL. EXPLAINING THE ORIGIN OF A CURRENT GIPSY PROVERB OR SAYING.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XLI. THE GIPSY’S FISH-HOOK.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XLII. THE GIPSY AND THE SNAKE.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XLIII. THE STORY OF THE GIPSY AND THE BULL.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XLIV. THE GIPSY AND HIS THREE SWEETHEARTS.
- TRANSLATION.
- GUDLO XLV. THE GIPSIES AND THE SMUGGLERS. A TRUE STORY.
- TRANSLATION.
- FOOTNOTES
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