Does anyone know of the term 'tinkler' as applied to Scottish gypsies? I've never heard of it - it used to be 'tinkers' when i lived in Glasgow. Anyway, i may be descended from some so would like to hear more! It would certainly explain why at each census my ancestors were in a different spot! These Scottish gypsies - they apparently stayed in homes during winter months then off wandering come spring... sounds like a romantic life to me. Anyone with gypsie blood in them?? Wandering off now, Fiona (York UK) _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

On 26/01/04 at 23:34 Fiona Pearson wrote: >Does anyone know of the term 'tinkler' as applied to Scottish gypsies? "Tinkler" was the term used in Orkney. The Tinklers were still doing the rounds until the 1960s, at which time a number of them "settled". S.

Hi, Fiona and all - The Stewarts of Blairgowrie were renowned as "keepers of the lore" of the travelling folk. Shiela Stewart is an absolute storehouse of wisdom and knowledge of the travelling folk, the songs and the stories. She still sings, can speak the cant of the travelling folk (hearing Dance to tha' Daddy sung in cant is an experience in itself)! and has many CDs to her credit (try www.topicrecords.co.uk , TSCD 515 etc). She has also published some books on their traditions and history. Give me a hoi if you're interested. There's another book you might like to try for - I think it's Yellow Blows the Broom -someone may be able to correct me on this one - there's a wealth of insight in it. Don't know the term "tinkler" - other than through the Vicar of Dibley - perhaps a local variant? Happy hunting! Cheers, Jan At 09:34 AM 27/01/2004, you wrote: >Does anyone know of the term 'tinkler' as applied to Scottish >gypsies.................... Jan Nary 31 Leybourne St, Chelmer Queensland 4068 Publicist & Journalist National Folk Festival Publicist <http://www.folkfestival.asn.au/>http://www.folkfestival.asn.au/ Co-host Acoustic Harvest Bay FM 100.3 <http://www.bayfm.org.au/>http://www.bayfm.org.au/ tel. 44 7 3379 4178 fax 447 3278 2360 mob. 0429 898 328 UK 07905 976 173

At 11:34 PM 1/26/04 +0000, you wrote: >Does anyone know of the term 'tinkler' as applied to Scottish gypsies? I've >never heard of it - it used to be 'tinkers' when i lived in Glasgow. Anyway, >i may be descended from some so would like to hear more! It would certainly >explain why at each census my ancestors were in a different spot! These >Scottish gypsies - they apparently stayed in homes during winter months then >off wandering come spring... sounds like a romantic life to me. Anyone with >gypsie blood in them?? >Wandering off now, >Fiona >(York UK) > Just noticed that in Burn's poem " The Twa Dogs " c.1785 , line 18 is: "Ev'n wi' a tinkler-gipsy's messin" The glossary defines 'tinkler' as a tinker - and of course , everyone knows what a tinker is - right . Bob O >_________________________________________________________________ >It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! >http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > >==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word >'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com