More: http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/cultureintro.html Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "John L. Sweeney" <sweelab@enter.net> To: "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh@mninter.net>; "Kerry List" <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Subject: [IRELAND] Tinker Tribes - CLAFFEY, SHERLOCK,DRISCOLL, CASEY, CARTHY, COFFEY, McQUEEN > Good Evening All: > > "Traveller" is an American expression. "Tinker" is what I knew for so > many > years and is still applied to those of us who are what we know are > "Tinkers" > in our homeland. > > Contributed by Jack Sweeney, [one of my favorite people], who still lives > in > Palmer, Pennsylvania.
Very interesting Donal. I thought all Gypsies came from Russia or Romania. One is never too old to learn! Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donal O'Kelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net> To: "John L. Sweeney" <sweelab@enter.net>; "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh@mninter.net>; "Kerry List" <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Subject: [IRELAND] Tinker Tribes - CLAFFEY, SHERLOCK,DRISCOLL, CASEY, CARTHY, COFFEY, McQUEEN > More: http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/cultureintro.html Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John L. Sweeney" <sweelab@enter.net> > To: "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh@mninter.net>; "Kerry List" > <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:09 PM > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Subject: [IRELAND] Tinker Tribes - CLAFFEY, > SHERLOCK,DRISCOLL, CASEY, CARTHY, COFFEY, McQUEEN > > >> Good Evening All: >> >> "Traveller" is an American expression. "Tinker" is what I knew for so >> many >> years and is still applied to those of us who are what we know are >> "Tinkers" >> in our homeland. >> >> Contributed by Jack Sweeney, [one of my favorite people], who still lives >> in >> Palmer, Pennsylvania. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message