With the publication of the Report of the Commission on Itinerancy in 1963 and the extensive media coverage given its findings a different picture emerged — that of travellers as a neglected and impoverished people. [...] TRADESMEN AND SPECIALISTS Metal working is one of the oldest traditions on the road, and it is from the sound of hammer striking metal that the name "tinker" is derived.' As early as pre-Christian times, itinerant whitesmiths working in bronze, gold and silver travelled the Irish countryside making 8. A Western Sunset ON personal ornaments, weapons and horse trappings in exchange for food and lodg [...] So they packed up and left the cabins and took to the road and knocked out their livin' on the road. [...] There's a lot on the road today that was never real travellers." The condition of the Irish peasantry by the 1500s has been described as one of the worst in Europe. [...] Their lot, and indirectly the number of itinerants, waxed and waned with the state of the Irish economy and Anglo-Irish relations.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143)
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 301.44/94
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Includes music and song lyrics Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- e-ie---
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- 0773502718 9780773592902
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- HN385
- LCCN Item number
- G58 1976eb
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- DLC
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- 1 electronic text (144 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00234879 (OCoLC)887636708 (CaOOCEL)448391
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Tinkers and travelers
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 3
- Title 4
- Contents 6
- Introduction 8
- Chapter 1 Where did they come from? 9
- Tradesmen and Specialists 9
- Secret Language 13
- Poverty and Evictions 15
- Drop Outs 23
- A Common Identity 24
- Chapter 2 Work and Travel 29
- The Traditional Ways 29
- Horses and Blockers 35
- Fortunes 37
- Travelling 40
- Chapter 3 The Move to the City 45
- Working in the City 49
- Begging 55
- Chapter 4 The Family 67
- Child Rearing 75
- Kinsmen 81
- Daily Life 87
- Chapter 5 Relations with 'the Buffers' 99
- Settled Irish Stereotypes 101
- Discrimination 103
- Traveller Identity 115
- Chapter 6 The end of the road? 123
- Chapter 1 Where did they come from? 9
- The Appeal of the Road 123
- Emigration to Britain 131
- The Future 133
- Songs 28
- Notes 141
- Acknowledgements 142
- Bibliography 143
- List of Illustrations 145
