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Um, I dont know what else I can tell you! Any questions fire away, I'll answer if I can. People think arranged marriages only happen in Asian communities, but thats so wrong, it sometimes happens for Romany and Irish gypsies, fairground folk, the aristocracy and very religious people, ie Catholic or C of E church members wanting their daughter to marry into a well to do family within the church. PS, me and the hubby are having our vows renewed next July in a gypsy-ish style ceremony, meal and party! Am planning away already, my little head is buzzing.

Thanks romany really really intersting i too would like to hear some more lol, youve started something now xx

RomanyStar,

How interesting you are ...

Think I'll be a gypsy in my next life ..LOL

Always around for a good gypsy story...

Carry on ....more stories please ??

You mean if they marry into the family? Non gypsies are called gorjas, its not a deregatory word, it just means not a gypsy. But plenty of gypsies do marry gorjas, you wouldnt then actually become a gypsy as its in the blood but your children could say they were gypsy. Another site is Romanygenes, its packed full of stuff and free. And Journeyfolki. Gypsy folk tend to be like other cultures (I'll use the Asian culture as an example), in the way that there are 'hardcore' ones and more casual. Eg, take a strict muslim family whose daughter has an arranged marriage to her cousin at 16 and prior to that didnt meet boys on her own or have a boyfriend, very chaste and pure. Well many gypsy families are like that. Only difference is the girls would leave school at 11 so they didnt get in with drugs, sex etc etc. Then take the more westernised muslim family who would let their daughter have boyfriends, go to college and then work, let her marry whoever she falls in love with, and possibly have a baby while they were only engaged, not married. Divorce would also be a possibility if things really didnt work out. Well thats how I see gypsy families, the strict ones and the more relaxed ones. Not saying either is wrong, but like any culture people are different.

Thanks romany will have a look, can some one become a gypsie if they wanted to? would they except someone who wasnt, out of interest to ill now to think about it so really out of interest xxx puss xx

Pusser cat, I cant remember who was last, was it the girl who lived in the house? If so thats Joan, shes very happy, she was just nervous about the wedding and the cameras. Shes also staying in England not Ireland so she'll still see her parents. Im afraid I dont know of Stokes fair, but you could always ask on the Romany Roots website, or the RTFHS if youre interested generally. PS, the filmaker Damien Bos is considering making a 3 hour documentary, he's stunned at how popular the programme was. Theres a facebook group set up for it as well.
http://stokesfunfairs.co.uk/default.aspx

hi romany star just watched it on my lap top, shed a tear at the end, do you know how the lady in the last wedding got on after wards she looked so nervous.
When researching my tree i always hoped i could fins a traverling backround, im so envious of the way of live, we once srayed on a traverlers site whilst getting my son into a specialist school in that county, in the next caravan was a lady called hilda, she must be about 90 now her van is all cut glass and beautiful she was a show girl and had poodles trained with her , i love her stories, and all the girls and boys are beautiful.
i think hilda was with stokes fair, do you know her xx

I watched it last night as I missed the day before.


I have always been fascinated by Gypsies and loved watching it, there was another one about 3 years ago that was just as good.

I am of Irish descent ....I'm pretty sure my lot must have been Gypsies ,
We once had a traveler delivering a car to my neighbour and turned out to be a Irish Gypsy, I ended up talking to him for a hour as my neighbour was not in.
I loved it learned all about his family life !! LOL
A wonderful man.

Well that's the only one I have ever spoken to.

Boy theyve come along way from jumping over the camp fire,,,,,:}}

Rose: lmao at 'ridden to death' lol!! I know Joan to type 'hello' to on messenger, shes ok now. Nice girl, she says the scars were exaggerated, all you get are scratches on your waist not bone deep slashes lol. Sammy-Jo is having a baby now. I hope they repeat it, what an eye opener!

Sue

On my Mums side they are Gypsies & they never had weddings like that either.....& im sure if i said to my dad i wanted one like that, you wouldn't see him for dust lol

Rose I didnt see any of the lads opening the girls mouths and checking their teeth....lolololo

Lol!

Sue,seeing the girls in skimpy clothes , but as you say being 'chaste' the thought occured to me that a traveller especially an Irish one would want to see how a horse looked before buying but he wouldn't want one that had been ridden to death. :)

I do hope no one takes that as offensive, it is meant to be a compliment :)

I said that to my OH I felt so sorry for Joan at the end...

It was rivetting...

I thought that was really interesting :)

The cost of the weddings *faints*....

I found it strange that the girls could wear really revealing clothing to attract a potential husband but were chaste.

I am sure OH's lot who were travellers couldn't have afforded such extravagances.

\Sue x

well I watched it...some of them dress where over the top wasnt they I like the fitted one best.

Wow!

a totally different culture and so moral too.