The Gypsy's parson : his experiences and adventures / by the Rev. George Hall, Rector of Ruckland, Lincolnshire.

"Not a few writers have essayed to study the Gypsies in dusty libraries. I have companioned with them on fell and common, racecourse and fairground, on the turfy wayside and in the city's heart. In my book, which is a record of actual experiences, I have tried to present the Gypsies just as I have f...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Main Author: Hall, George, rector of Ruckland, Lincolnshire
Language:English
Published: London : Sampson Low, Marston, 1915.
Series:William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Subjects:
Romanies > England.
English Travellers (Nomadic people)
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood.
Physical Description:xii, 307 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : plates, portraits ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Gypsy court, my initiation into Gypsydom
  • Characters of the court, reading Borrow
  • North-Country Gypsies
  • My poaching pussy, a Romany Benison, my first taste of hedgehog
  • A Gypsy baptism, Romany names
  • I make a new acquaintance
  • The Blackpool Gypsyry
  • A Trentside fair
  • Taken for tramps, an East Anglian family
  • Peterborough Fair
  • A forgotten highway, "on the road" with Jonathan, the patrin, the ghost of the haystack
  • The Gypsy of the town
  • With the Yorkshire Gypsies
  • A night with the Gypsies, the sweep of Lynn, London Gypsies, on Epsom Downs
  • Tinkers and grinders
  • The inn on the ridgeway, tales by the fireside
  • Horncastle Fair
  • A Gypsy sepulchre, burial lore, the passing of Jonathan
  • Bitshado pawdel (transported)
  • A Romany Munchausen
  • The Gypsy of the hills, in the heart of Wales, a Westmorland horse fair
  • Furzemoor.