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Thread #166789   Message #4016033
Posted By: Stringsinger
29-Oct-19 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: The current state of folk music in UK
Subject: RE: The current state of folk music in UK
Jim,

The Travellers are fascinating.

Was Margaret Barry a Traveller?

Are there any songs in the Shelta (Cant) language?

Romani use the term “gadgja” for outsiders equivalent to “buffer”.
Where does the term buffer come from?

Ewan's song was the first I heard of them. Then there was an article about
a community of Travellers from Tennessee or North Carolina.