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Show "Ghost-Fear" Strong Among Real Romany j session that they loved In life a toy for a child, or a blackened teapot, broken first, for an old woman, and so on Is the usual choice. If, during a country stroll, you come to a clear-running stream or river, and notice at the bottom a collection of broken crockery, kettles, pans, and so on, you may be sure that a gypsy camp Is near, and that a gypsy has died there. On that day after the funeral of a real Homany, the relations burn all the clothes und other consumable belongings be-longings of the dead person. Then all the crockery and utensils are broken and solemnly thrown Into the neur-est neur-est running water. Behind this queer custom lies "ghost-fear." It Is believed that, so long as any of the possessions of a dead gypsy remain intact, his ghost will "walk." und Ill-luck and misfortune misfor-tune will dog the camp. Sometimes, so strong Is this superstition, even the horse of a dead gypsy Is destroyed. de-stroyed. Gypsies never utter the names of the dead, and for a long time after a death will not eat or drink anything that was a favorite with the departed. This is "ghost-fear" again. Rarely, If ever, are flowers placed on a gypsy's grave. Some little pos- |