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The English Gipsies and Their Language, by Charles G. Leland
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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