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The Welsh Gypsies
Jarman, A.O.H.; Jarman, Eldra
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Description for The Welsh Gypsies
Paperback. The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. This study is a combination of historical and linguistic scholarship with inside knowledge drawn from family tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, a tawny-skinned people speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. The family included such colourful characters as Abram Wood himself, their chieftain, who always rode a pedigree horse but died in a cowshed on the slopes of Cader Idris; Silvaina, who was feared as a witch and who insisted that Robin her mule could understand every word of her Romani speech and Harry, who tried to emulate his idol Dick Turpin by riding a farm horse ... Read more
The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, a tawny-skinned people speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. The family included such colourful characters as Abram Wood himself, their chieftain, who always rode a pedigree horse but died in a cowshed on the slopes of Cader Idris; Silvaina, who was feared as a witch and who insisted that Robin her mule could understand every word of her Romani speech and Harry, who tried to emulate his idol Dick Turpin by riding a farm horse ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780708323984
SKU
V9780708323984
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Ref
99-15
About Jarman, A.O.H.; Jarman, Eldra
Eldra Jarman is a descendant of Abram Wood. She is a great-granddaughter of John Roberts of Newtown and inherited the family gift for harp-playing.
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