Show origin of the gypsies the lat later er researches of potts sich and othera others leave no doubt as to th indian origin of the gypsies gyp although the exact tribe from from which they sprung sprang has not beon as yr yat t definitely asar bained many blaby of the individual words such as pani water arc are identical in gypsy and hindustani buethe but the gram grammar marof of the first men tinned language as shown in the mutilated form which remain remains in england and the more perfect system of the turkish is quite different from most of the modem vernaculars ulars of india and has but few points of contact with borne some older dialect there are in india indin several tribes whose characteristic habits arc are very similar to those of the gypsies or england the jali jati gattis and Brin jaris for example resemble them and a very goc good case has been bech made out in favor of the first mentioned as the original gyp gypsy system tera it is a historical fact that somewhere about the year A D a number of strolling minstrels did find their way into persia they were called luri and arc are described by Firdous i in terms which might equally well apply to a band of english Eom Rom manies the word luri is still used in persia tor for strolling minstrels and vagabonds while under the form of nuri it is the generic appellation of gypsies les af pf of syria and egypt ar arab historians into rian s speak of these people under the alternative name of which is with much reason believed to be a corruption of jat the gypsies call themselves everywhere eom rom or chich would po point int to the dom orom tribe as the original flock the initial letter of the a word b being air equivalent qui valent to the their r D or R T these be ep people eople U who ubo bo are prin principally found in behar are essentially ess eDtia ly a roving iribe among other things which distinguish them from other hindu casts cuts is their indifference to ceremonial impurity such as that which arises from touching a dead bo body ay and their liking for swine fill flesh ill now gypsies in europe are very peculiar in their batizi eating an and d arc are per erli hapa aps the only race w who will cat animals that have died a natural death mullo baulo or dead pig is their favorite delicacy and one of the most typical and ast most amusing of the ballads which borrow brrow has collected celebrates the trick formally so common among them of poisoning a pig in in order the day to beg its carcass for food saturday review |