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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.
The secret languages of Ireland : Ogham, Hisperic, Bearlagair na Saer, Bog-latin, and cryptography, with special reference to the origin and nature of the Shelta language : partly based upon collections and manuscripts of the late John Sampson. With an English-Jargon vocabulary
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1870-1950); Sampson, John (1862-1931)
1976
Facsimile reprint of 1937 ed. published: London: Cambridge University Press.
The tinkler-gypsies
McCormick, Andrew
1907
With an introduction by J. Sampson. Tinkler-gypsy cant vocabulary: p. [ix]-xxiv, at end. Illustrated title-page.
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...
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...
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.
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".