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The secret languages of Ireland : with special reference to the origin and nature of the Shelta language, partly based upon collections and manuscripts of the late John Sampson

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Type of record: Book

Title: The secret languages of Ireland : with special reference to the origin and nature of the Shelta language, partly based upon collections and manuscripts of the late John Sampson

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Rom Fraser/MAC

Creator(s): Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1870-1950)

Additional creator(s): Sampson, John (1862-1931) (Other)

Related people: Sampson, John

Publisher: The University Press

Publication city: Cambridge

Date(s): 1937

Language: English

Size and medium: x, 284 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/291924

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002971029705181

Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections

Description

Introduction. - Ogham. - Cryptology. - Hisperic. - Bog-Latin. - The vagrants of Ireland. - Shelta. - Bēarlagair na Sāer. - Summary. - Appendix: An English jargon vocabulary.

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Has A.M. Fraser's bookplate

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