THe Guest says much of what I'd say (nyes tuka, Prala or Sheya) As to the comment about Roma people or Travellers being a nusence, when did we kill off a third of you folks. Are Pavees (not "Tinkers" unless they are mettal workers, PLEASE) Romani people? Well there is controversy in that. Are Irish people Celtic? They speak a celtic language, and there is cultural drift. There is no shared genes between Celts, it was a cultural movement and the myth of Celtic invations of Ireland is just that, myth. Now, Romanichals in Britian and the US ARE a Romani people, the root of the language being Hindi, and they once were Rajaput. The Irish Travellers have for centuries intermixed culturaly with Romanichals and there has been a cross cultural drift, so an argument may be made that if Irish people are Celts, Travellers are a Romani people, at least related under the anti-Gypsy prejudices we often see at mudcat.
As to Jimmyt, great question and the thanks of a forgoten people to you, shem,.
Lorcan