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Total number of records: 32

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Brotherton Collection32
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections32

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romanies17
ethnology2
cant1
court records1
crime1
druids and druidism1
english poetry1
folk songs, english1
folk songs, scots1
folk-lore, gipsy1

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Galloway (Scotland)2
Blairgowrie (Scotland)1
Bulgaria1
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Macritchie, David (1851-1925)5
Macfie, R A Scott (1868-1935)4
Mccormick, Andrew4
Gypsy Lore Society2
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1870-1950)2
Macalister, Sir Donald (1854-1934)2
Maccoll, Ewan2
Macgregor, Alasdair Alpin Douglas (1899-1970)2
Mcevoy, Christopher C2
Mcevoy, Patrick A2

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Travellers' songs from England and Scotland

MacColl, Ewan; Seeger, Peggy (1935-)

1977

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The canting crew : London's criminal underworld, 1550-1700

McMullan, John L (1948-)

[1984]

Bibliography: pages 197-213.

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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

Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1870-1950); Sampson, John (1862-1931)

1937

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

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The tinkler-gypsies

McCormick, Andrew

1907

With an introduction by J. Sampson. Tinkler-gypsy cant vocabulary: p. [ix]-xxiv, at end. Illustrated title-page.

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The gorse and the briar

McEvoy, Patrick A; McEvoy, Christopher C

1938

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Gypsy coppersmiths in Liverpool and Birkenhead

Macfie, R A Scott (1868-1935)

1913

Andreas (Mui Shanko) = R.A. Scott Macfie. His initials appear in the border of a device on the title-page. Reprinted in part from the Manchester guardian, the Birkenhead news, and the Bazaar, pictur...

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With gypsies in Bulgaria

Macfie, R A Scott (1868-1935)

1916

Andreas = R.A. Scott Macfie. His initials appear in the border of a device on the title-page.

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The buried barony

MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin Douglas (1899-1970)

1949

"Gypsies of the Borderland", pp. 59-86, including photographs and brief vocabulary of Gypsy words "still in use at Yetholm".

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Gypsy lifestyles

McLaughlin, John B

c1980

Glossary, pp. 99-102.

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Ancient and modern Britons : a retrospect (v.1)

MacRitchie, David (1851-1925)

1884

Anon., by David MacRitchie.

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Ancient and modern Britons : a retrospect (v.2)

MacRitchie, David (1851-1925)

1884

Anon., by David MacRitchie.

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