LIST PLEASE, This is worth while for MY COUSINS TO KNOW
NOW TO MY MANY COUSIN PLEASE SOUND OFF. I remember the GYPSIES THAT roamed
the Country side in amherst ContyVirginia in earley 1930-S NO the
Gypsies are not new. HUH, i would like to know if there is any Gypsie record's
in CAROLINE COUNTY Virginia??? CUZ AT
05/05/12, 08:13 PM
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My MIL tells of when she was a child in northern OK and one day her
parents had to leave the homestead and go into town. The oldest boy was in charge
and they saw a wagon of folks coming up the road. Brother put all the
children in a closet, but MIL was the littlest one and had to go up on the
closet shelf. Some one knocked and knocked but none of the children would
answer. After a bit they heard the wagon leaving. All of the tools that were
outside were gone and so were all the chickens and most of the vegetables from
the garden. That would have been in the late 20s and she swears that they
were gypsies and that they would steal children.
In the mid 50s I know there were gypsies in south OK as my g'parents would
let them camp on the property. We never had any negative experiences w
them. They had beautiful horses and one of the older women would sit w my g'ma
and they would chat in the evenings. I was fascinated because she was the
first woman I ever saw smoking a pipe. My g'ma dipped snuff. I would sneak
up and sit as quiet as a church mouse under the porch to hear them chatting.
The old lady even told my grandmother where to find a ring my gm had lost.
I was never allowed to go into any of their wagons. They would give me
little toys and carved dolls. And when they left there would always be a stack
of chopped wood and some fresh caught fish or other game left on the back
porch.