Gypsy Romany Gypsies had once been believed Gypsys had come from Egypt Gypsy being the word from Egypt "Gypsom", Our true blood line ancestors were a group of Gypsy Roma people who left India between AD 800 and 950 and never looked back, My Gypsy Family Story... Romany In De Kye UK Gypsy Davey Wells
A Gypsy Is not without his horse
Gypsy, Romany travellers have a long lived tradition which is passed onto the chavvy's. Gypsies you will never understand unless the black blood flows in your veins from your romani genes somewhere down the line. "Gorgers" "Non Gypsy s" always try their hardest to understand the gipsies but never to fully find out the full history as we are not the most easy folk to track. Language is a big thing to us, without our pur "mouth" secrets would never be able to be passed on.
83 my great granny was when she still smoked a pipe (swiggler) the last pipe i got her was from Weston Super-Mare they still had the old clay pipe. Clothes i am telling you now not all romanian have the best rag, some you could see with a suit and others with a dear bit of rag to cover themselves with. A site to stop as home is still a problem and always has been. Caravans have not always been an option, bender tent was what we first used made from hazel or what ever wood you could find and a sail cloth or whatever you could find to go over the top to stop the water from getting in, in the early 1900 s was when vardo caravan was being paid for by english to roam in which came from france and other parts of europe, mainly fortune teller folk could afford such a waggon, if you had 2 waggons you were king.
We all had our own trades some were horse dealers which done the best thing ever by creating the Vanner, horses / cobs which we breed for pulling our wagons, music took many as playing musical instruments was a part of life. We like to sit round a yog and tell a story because telling a story was all we had, tv took the art of conversation away as years passed, magic was not really used but some did play with it, you will find many websites with the definition curse which is said to be the most powerfull spell. the most common for some is "gord scuss you" but when a curse has been put upon you or a place it's not old wives tails or games 9 out of 10 times the wish will be carried through, to define why this happens can not be explained, an energy is placed is how i would descibe a curse.
Find pics is not all that easy as we are not keen on having our photos taken many women would let take pictures if you were lucky, film can be found on Youtube video film and some www sites can be found on our link page. American is as far as they come to appleby fair, images of appleby UK can be found on on the Gypsy Horse Page. Video of the fair is best found on youtube dot com! Tea or miskey is best made by gipseys on a yog you won't find it for sale but if you ask for a cup most will entertaine you. Davey is a popular name also Lee & Smith umoungst travellers, you can join our blog with your family tree if you want or anything you add is much appresiated or Join our FORUM for the latest updates.
You can listen to rocker radio which talks about news and plays a bit of jazz and many other interesting things. To see A vardo on a hill is quite a sight. Mainly only seen in a museum, restored only for viewing. You need to attend the fairs to buy waggons like Appleby or Stow being where you will find a good selection. You can buy a Dvd on how to build a romani caravan trailer. There is no King or Queen in our culture some claim but there isno one, we are all equal and have no leader!
We Aim to end racism and discrimination against Gypsy Romany Traveller People, whatever their ethnicity, culture or background, whether settled in a gorger (non gyspy) cummunity or still carrying out the one true roll that is given to every gipsy born. (Roam) We protect the right to pursue a gypsy life and the crafts shown to us from birth.
