Scottish Travellers

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[Polwarth]

That's IT? A posted link to Wiki?

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Originally Posted by Polwarth

That's IT? A posted link to Wiki?

yes thats all you get

[Babz]

I have copied what it says in that link......I know some members do not like more than one window open on their computers !!!!!!!!

It was so easy to copy it...I am surprised that thedailyflash didn't do that and say it was from Wiki


Scottish Travellers
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Highland Travellers have been part of Scottish society for at least 500 years. The first official mention of Travellers in Britain was in 1505, when it was recorded that seven pounds were paid to 'Egyptians' by King James IV at Stirling. They enjoyed a privileged place in Scottish society until the Reformation, when their wandering lifestyle and exotic culture brought severe persecution upon them. Although Gypsy blood is found in some Highland Traveller families, they are more strongly identified with the native Highland population. Many families carry clan names like Macfie[1], Stewart, MacDonald, Cameron and Macmillan. In Scottish Gaelic they are known as the Ceardannan ("the Craftsmen," or "Black Tinkers"), or poetically as the Summer Walkers. The Highland Travellers' speech includes a fascinating 'Pidgin-Gaelic' called 'Beurla-reagaird'. It is related to the Irish Traveller dialect known as Shelta. It was used, just as Gypsies used the Romani language, as a way of keeping their business secret from strangers. In Scots they may be referred to as tinkers or (usually regarded as pejorative and contemptuous) tinks or tinkies[2].

Like Romany Gypsies, Highland Travellers followed a nomadic lifestyle; passing from village to village among the settled population. They would pitch their bow-tents on rough ground on the edge of the village and earn money there as tinsmiths, hawkers, horse dealers and pearl-fishermen. Many found seasonal employment on farms, e.g. at the berry picking or during harvest. They also brought entertainment and news to the country folk. Since the 1950s, however, the majority of Travellers have settled down into organized campsites or regular houses. Scottish traveller Belle Stewart was awared the British Empire Medal for services to her country's culture. It is estimated that only 2,000 Scottish Travellers continue to lead their traditional lifestyle on the roads.

[Lianachan]

So...... anything to say about these tinkers, or is it just a pointless link to wikipedia that anybody who's remotely interested would find anyway?

[Polwarth]

Of course not, Lianachan..... just another hit and run Wiki URL!

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and you think i read these things?