Show AGE OLD CUSTOMS OF ROMANY PEOPLE little change in centuries of wandering for till nil ills his placid virtues citing john cull bill still has a touch of gypsy py blood there ere are about gypsies in angland angland w who h 0 1 r a c t 1 e e alic i e i ngi i ge 0 o old 1 0 rites rite of f th the e 1 human t 0 i n a z i y pl people e n pl e n and n 1 theli their caravans cannons bright blight and gay uie tire a familiar familial feature of the country countryside ide recently at taunton lann ton charms and amulets were found burled with a babas body bod and a police officer at the inquest testified that it Is a 10 itoman y custom to bury charms and coins with a body for rood good luck find farewell the gypsies lae have stranger tranger ti cus toms than these an authority on their customs says sas many tire are mar ried in a blood union A sort of wedding cake Is made of flour mixed with blood taken from the wrists of the bride and bridegroom both of w whom horn eat cat a piece another marriage form Is that of jumping over oer a flowering broom plant dut but in the most generally used rite the bridegroom knocks thrice on the door of his belov eds caravan caratan iler her father opens the door and the suitor must then produce eyl el dence of ills his suitability a halter to show he possesses horses a ring to indicate money mone ind and a whip signify ing ills possession of i a wagon when the father lends leads forth the bride the happy couple kiss and low va w eternal falth falah and the groom kisses his bride on the forehead till nn act which meins means devotion then tile bride helps her husband to food from the stewpot sto pot or carries cm lies fuel to tn ills his caravan to signify obedience thus they tire wedded not hot many choices take place among gypsies gipsies nowadays no wadis in dis days gone b by a comans womans guilt or inno cence was decided by a liloise which wis was let loose if it was waa caught ngali without trouble it was held tint that the woman s guilt was small if however hoe cr it resisted capture cip tuie this was taken as a sign of very ery great guilt the horse was killed and over its dead body the man ani and bomin vowed owed never neer to met ng ngien aln another form of divorce was ly by causing blood to low flow between hus band and wife this he did by chop ping off the fourth finger of ills his left hand ile he preserved pres ened the finger and carried it about with him when ile he married again lie he gave the finger to ills his new wire wife I 1 wit when n a 1 man inn tiles lies his clothes are burled buried with film lila ills caravan and other belongings are burned and no one Is allowed to touch them or to mention the lead dead mans name naine lio Ito many ninny laws are very strict there are no judges or juries settlement clement of any dispute usually being le left t to the old women |