Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-01-17
IN A GYPSY CAMP.
Tho Sentiment and Superstition Hoard In
the Romauy Tent.

no Sentiment and Superstition Hoard In
inc homa"y Tent'
Arounu ,ne tent ana inc kettie-sticK
lus'cr oy iar inc most 'hat Is prizea
! uypsy lorc' sentiment ana supersVi-
'on' "o 'cn1 is Inc gypsy . nome
% ,s, m,uo" ~ Us your own naDita.ioh Is
y S, IT, ino rucv ieo'lng 0, a'lachhlons
oin % "onue',ui 70 us VINO SEQ in 10
Butt haa sHU" si7.. '' 'o Di%.y H. 'V.oa."s, w.,
earl,,r ,in,a y, ,,,.,' 80 I -.. oo '.aa'1 o 50
your own nrona',I, n ,,,, ~ ,ai',,o,,o.o 10 % ~.
undiscov.raIS. ".,o' ', n"D'."'oa'' w.. -, is.s
tents hare In ~ Wny :. % 90 Du' .AJoo ,l'o
Presumpscm noa,, .o'ey tA'P va ...h o
You will fnA that ~, "' i".O ~ Gun Ct.a'.
camp in any part ot >, u,o So ,,a,.,a W. ivy ~ 81 py
bly, there is traconlIn H. !, w. go
scious relic of ancient emu ~ ~ ,,",.,LiIO, w. u
Possiblyyour reason ,ho, ~. ~T,o"p Io"n pooS p"S
pants lovo the sun like INV & o,Ssr oni.
mails would hold good. But oven in n
language only preserved from, liz 90
TO memory, and whose possessori ara
700 ignorant TO comprehend hs mr. tho,.
own origin ,.o,.a -, Iii1" ~ OF thcir
,lo "o sun romalh from
L.. is'iy vi "n a'moJt Darbaric
80, 80 'Vto many expressions OF most
- % .oini anu ieeiihg. These tell
nga % .iV'oiy knit III tho very llfc
@ nuer "i 'ho gypsy has been the
uaP"I'ion ,Ll 10 make his tent homo all
'"s =" ucarest ana best to him.
Ffm MS rounded hill are tho
teh's oil my people," breathod somo
gypsy poet thousand years ago. and
'he roadside wanderer to-day will
give you the same sentence
In komany. 'My loves breasts arc
as hillocks of amber, or rs bright
tents FURNISHED by tho SUM-" sang
some Romany Solomon In tho iungies
of India, and tho Gypsy lover of to-
day sighs in tho samo poetic similc.
'1rSlnto my people as our tents
nRains., \, I ,,,l 10 psipd;' ~ will
d. d. s' + 20 INC sa,rn 7r.. 10 the ml~aad
,Le y'Ay Rom (the frs, ,hs.
eios., ,i,S bow "Our,-s--.anlbo,. stin TO-, .s
7 .rom tho storm-darts rs sS'- "
o,As. n'HNo ppwer'ess great spearsi
a.. ~ e'o",n'hS n".c Is Vaulted b
aaI..Is i'on' snai our earth
uo,D,vu ',.,.'",, ,,"'s remain hiuuen from III
IT, gs"' As sun as inc red star
v"IIpr.." LII % 7" no'io our 'en,s IN Ia
,n..a' ~, '"s he''r' noioeth IN
-. :. o'you "uu gi'eth strength 81
,o,v - n. 's.se.a "'t my ''.e arc
ios .,,aai.,,. y ~" :, M y, aoio poouc ,hager
and nno,,a.s, " ."o .on'' WnIcn rougt
motive anJ a,. .'oN oiys'a'iiI'hs
Tho slovor W. "'o countess
hickory No. ,.i,L % snnrp
woollen covori,os u.s., ,,.n"S w" . .uo
fonts Consonnonnr = e ..,.. " ,a .no
evil ovo and sLovor ,ae0s I ~
,vastefuI Cvnsv ;s 90 oora,5e.
A sniriiloss ono "a ro,,on 80 - ~
A lewd woman ia as n taIIon ,on, Do"; "ni
n good one ..as snra na = n,o''",, an.
tent - There arc also 80, pSre. e.
and tondor love and 60, -
SONGS IN which ,ho 60, ,v 'I
that sbn,s harm ont and s nooI .V' a.; an
,vhilo ,hcro ore cortnir nn',,,.i,, u EVou ~
inviolohlo lows and ons,on,s 80. - ',o ,he
tent which are very interesting 70 oh.
serve and study Tho rulo Is unjvor-
sal preventing Gypsies occunvlnc ,bo
tents inner commitments save NJ
night or when driven inside bv storms
In case of ouarrels involvinS sorious
trouble and possible ondangering of
ifc, no Gvpsy who is defending him.
,elf may be pursued within tho TENT
Sypsies cling to an old tent until Tho
asst moment Il can bo snliced and
patched together, out of puro affection
or it. "An old tents AN old friend -
$ one Of their proudest savings Anv
Sypsy born under n tent Srosorvcs
, piece of lis bows or wooden cover-
no until his diving dav. and n Ia
hen buried with his ofTeois. To
% born In the tent carries pride ns
loes good strain of blood. Those
,orn under roof arc regarded as
These arc often derisiyely
crmed In Romany kair rajahs, or
house lords"
As with all things else in use among
he Gypsies the kettle-stiek has its
lace among the legends and lore of i.
he race. Ii is not only an imperative-
y needed factor in everyday life. but
Is far more. Indeed. this one black
lece of iron possesses almost the same
herished value as the ingle hook. 1t
the typilied hearthsido of the race.
t often becomes tho object of the tink-
RS highest efforts. job" the tinker
yer there by his little portable forge.
now hammering away upon one
pom which he has been at work for
lonths at odd hours, and its knobs,
fas