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Scottish Romani and Traveller groups - Wikipedia

This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border Gypsies) and Lowland Roma (Lowland Gypsies). Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to ...

What are the Scottish gypsies called? - Quora

Gypsy is incorrect and outdated term for Romani . Scottish Romani are sometimes known as Nawkins , they descend from Romany in Scotland and non- ...

Brushing off bias: depictions of Scotland's Gypsy, Roma and ... - Art UK

The term 'Gypsy' is accepted by English and Welsh Romani communities but deemed a slur by many European Roma communities. In this story, it is ...

SCOTTISH TINKERS AND TRAVELLERS - Celtic Lady

Highland Scottish Travellers, while perhaps one of Europe's last nomadic people, are not Roma Gypsies. They are distinct from them ethnically, ...

Gypsies and Tinkers, Travellers and Itinerants - Douglas Archives

This page is a stub. You can help improve it. Scottish Travellers, or the people in Scotland loosely termed gypsies or travellers, ...

The Border Romanichal — GRTHM.scot

Scottish Border Romanichal Travellers, some of whom still proudly bear the exonym Border Gypsies, are a unique recognised group of 'traivellin fowk' under ...

Scottish Highland Travellers… - Preindustrial Craftsmanship

Poetically known as the “Summer Walkers”, Highland Travellers are a distinct ethnic group and may be referred to as “traivellers”, “traivellin ...

Romani people in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

This includes the Romanichal, Kale (Welsh Roma), Scottish Lowland Roma and a sizeable population of Roma from Continental Europe, who immigrated into the UK in ...

Scottish Cant or Scots Romani - Friends, Families and Travellers

Scottish Cant is spoken between Scottish Gypsy Traveller or Nacken people. ; I'm good, thank you, I'm barrie, parruka tute ; What is your name? Sossi tiro nav?

Scottish/Irish tinkler gypsies - Norma Munro - Scots Language Centre

They are indigenous, Gaelic-speaking people. In Scottish Gaelic they are known as the Ceàrdannan ("the Craftsmen"). The word tinker itself comes from the Gaelic ...

Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller ethnicity summary

Gypsies (including English Gypsies, Scottish Gypsies or Travellers, Welsh Gypsies and other Romany people); Irish Travellers (who have specific ...

There exists an ethnic group in Scotland called "Scottish Travellers ...

Scottish Highland Travellers and Irish Travellers developed as ethnic groups independently of each other. Both groups are entirely indigenous to ...

Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller History and Culture

There are other groups of Travellers who may travel through Britain, such as Scottish Travellers, Welsh Travellers and English Travellers, many of whom can ...

A road less travelled: celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History ...

Irish Travellers have their own language – Shelta (also known as Cant). Scottish Gypsies/Travellers are indigenous to Scotland. Their exact ...

Frequently Asked Questions - Friends, Families and Travellers

For example, Irish Travellers, Scottish Gypsy/Travellers and Romani people who are recognised ethnic groups. ... What do Irish Travellers call themselves? Irish ...

Introduction - The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary

'Romany 2. the English Gypsy language. This is the name applied to the language nowadays [2003]. It is an Anglicised form of Romanes.' ...

Celtic Traveller - Background - FamilyTreeDNA

Scottish and Irish nomads (Celtic Travellers) are more commonly and disrespectfully referred to as Tinkers, Pikeys and Gypos. We are probably distantly related ...

Scottish "Gypsy" Kingdom | Kilts-n-Stuff.com - The Celtic Croft

In fact, Kirk Yetholm has long been known as the the largest Roma colony in Scotland. Some claim it goes back as far as the 15th or 16th ...

History of the Gipsies - Electric Scotland

Old Photographs Of Gypsies In Scotland Tour Scotland video of old photographs of gypsies. Highland Travellers also known as Tinkers are ...

A Dictionary of the Languages of Scottish Travellers - The Bottle Imp

A further example of a Romany word which has passed into Scots is hirie, which now means 'money', but originally meant a half penny or penny, from hira, hirae, ...