Main Piece: Subject: This is more of just like a classic- I think- Old man folklore. My Grandfather was basically like, “Yeah you know, you can’t trust gypsies.” He’s from Alabama. But he said, “You can’t trust gypsies. One time when I was little, we had a gypsy neighbor go around and ask for sugar… Continue Reading »
My informant heard this joke from her father. So there is this gypsy that used to go around and buy donkeys. You know the gypsies are seen as kind of tricky. He bought this donkey from this man. He goes… uh… to another village to the bazaar. The gypsy was selling the donkey over there… Continue Reading »
“Prišel je tsiganček sajast kako vranček; Igral je na piščalko Milo in pelo Kakor malo kdo.” — Translation: “There came a little gypsy boy Black with soot/dirtlike a crow; [Dark as a crow] He played on the piccolo gently and beautifully like very few could.” — This is a traditional Slovenian nursery rhyme, one that… Continue Reading »
The Gypsy Rover A lullaby that the informant’s grandmother would sing to her mom: “The gypsy rover came over the hill, down the through the valley so shady. whistled and he sand, ‘till the green wood sprang, and he won the heart of a lady. “And then it’s like: “Ah-di-do, ah-di-do-da-day, ah-di-do-ah-di-day-O! whistled and… Continue Reading »