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Irish Travellers (Irish: an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs [4] (Shelta: Mincéirí), [5] are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous [6] ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland. [7] [8] [9] They are predominantly English-speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of mixed English and ...
Travellers include Irish Travellers (Mincéirí) residing in Britain and Northern Ireland and other non-Romani traditional travelling people such as Scottish Travellers. Although these groups' lifestyles traditionally involved travel, most GRT people now live in houses or permanent caravan berths.
Travellers refer to themselves as Mincéirí or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people". The language of the Irish Travellers, Shelta, is mainly based on an Irish lexicon and an English grammar. There are two dialects of this language: Gammon (or Gamin) and Cant.
Shelta (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ l t ə /; [2] Irish: Seiltis) [3] is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (Mincéirí), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. [4] It is widely known as the Cant, to its native speakers in Ireland as de Gammon or Tarri, and to the linguistic community as Shelta. [5]
Irish Traveller Americans consist of people originating from immigrants who came to the U.S. before the 20th century, and some who came later during the 1900s and 2000s. Georgia, New York, and Tennessee also have communities of sizable proportions. Irish Travellers are often involved in painting, construction, and pavement/asphalt-related work.
The Irish national and another man were arrested this past November in Maynard for taking part in what is described as the "Irish traveler" scam, in which another Irish native arrested in Quincy ...
Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle.
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