Gypsy folk-tales

About this eBook

Author

Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Hurst and Blackett, 1899.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DX: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Romanies

Subject

Romanies -- Folklore

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71092

Release Date

July 2, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.‘PAZORRHUS’
3. 3.INTRODUCTION — Distribution of Gypsies. — Appearance in West. — At Bologna. — At Paris. — In England. — In Scotland. — In North America. — In South America. — In Australia. — Transportation. — In Crete. — In Corfu. — In the Peloponnesus. — In Roumania. — The Chaltsmide. — Athingani. — Atsincan. — Komodromoi. — Nails of Crucifixion. — Gypsy Language. — Gypsies as Nomads. — Caldarari. — Ciboure. — ‘Greek Gypsies.’ — Eastern Gypsies in Galloway. — Gypsy Folk-tales. — Campbell of Islay. — Dr. F. Müller. — Dr. Paspati. — Dr. Barbu Constantinescu. — Miklosich. — Wlislocki. — Dr. R. von Sowa. — Dr. Kopernicki. — John Roberts. — Mr. John Sampson. — Campbell of Islay. — Boat-dwelling Tinkers. — Kounavine. — Theory as to Gypsy Folk-tales. — Gypsy Variants. — Unique Features. — Literary Sources. — Questions of Date. — Indian Parallels. — Tokens of Recent Diffusion. — The Anthropological Theory. — Gypsy Savagery. — Gypsy Migrations. — Gypsy Originality. — Gaelic and Welsh-Gypsy Stories. — Other Parallels. — Irish and Gypsy Folk-tales. — Gypsy Story-tellers. — Story-telling a living Gypsy art. — Possible Gypsy influences. — Theory.
4. 4.TURKISH-GYPSY STORIES — No. 1.— The Dead Man’s Gratitude 1 — No. 2.— Baldpate — No. 3.— The Riddle — No. 4.— Story of the Bridge
5. 5.ROUMANIAN-GYPSY STORIES — No. 5.— The Vampire — No. 6.— God’s Godson — No. 7.— The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law — No. 8.— The Bad Mother — No. 9.— The Mother’s Chastisement — No. 10.— The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit — No. 11.— The Two Thieves — No. 12.— The Gypsy and the Priest — No. 13.— The Watchmaker — No. 14.— The Red King and the Witch — No. 15.— The Prince and the Wizard — No. 16.— The Apples of Pregnancy
6. 6.BUKOWINA-GYPSY STORIES — No. 17.— It all comes to Light — No. 18.— The Golden Children — No. 19.— The Two Children — No. 20.— Mare’s Son — No. 21.— The Deluded Dragon — No. 22.— The Gypsy and the Dragon — No. 23.— The Seer — No. 24.— The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair — No. 25.— The Hen that laid Diamonds — No. 26.— The Winged Hero — No. 27.— Tropsyn — No. 28.— The Beautiful Mountain — No. 29.— Pretty-face — No. 30.— The Rich and the Poor Brother — No. 31.— The Three Brothers — No. 32.— The Enchanted City — No. 33.— The Jealous Husband — No. 34.— Made over to the Devil — No. 35.— The Lying Story — No. 36.— Happy Boz’ll
7. 7.TRANSYLVANIAN-GYPSY STORIES — No. 37.— The Creation of the Violin — No. 38.— The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King — No. 39.— The Dog and the Maiden — No. 40.— Death the Sweetheart
8. 8.SLOVAK, MORAVIAN, AND BOHEMIAN GYPSY STORIES — No. 41.— The Three Girls — No. 42.— The Dragon — No. 43.— The Princess and the Forester’s Son — No. 44.— The Three Dragons
9. 9.POLISH-GYPSY STORIES — No. 45.— Tale of a Foolish Brother and of a Wonderful Bush — No. 46.— Tale of a Girl who was sold to the Devil, and of her Brother — No. 47.— The Brigands and the Miller’s Daughter — No. 48.— Tale of a Wise Young Jew and a Golden Hen — No. 49.— The Golden Bird and the Good Hare — No. 50.— The Witch
10. 10.ENGLISH-GYPSY STORIES — No. 51.— Bobby Rag — No. 52.— De Little Fox — No. 53.— De Little Bull-calf
11. 11.WELSH-GYPSY STORIES — No. 54.— Jack and his Golden Snuff-box — No. 55.— An Old King and his three Sons in England — No. 56.— The Five Trades — No. 57.— Ashypelt — No. 58.— Twopence-Halfpenny — No. 59.— The Old Smith 14 — No. 60.— The Old Soldier — No. 61.— The Dragon — No. 62.— The Green Man of Noman’s Land — No. 63.— The Black Lady — No. 64.— The Ten Rabbits — No. 65.— The Three Wishes 16 — No. 66.— Fairy Bride — No. 67.— Cinderella — No. 68.— Jack the Robber 17 — No. 69.— The Fool with the Sheep — No. 70.— The Tinker and his Wife — No. 71.— Winter — No. 72.— The Black Dog of the Wild Forest
12. 12.SCOTTISH-TINKER STORIES — No. 73.— The Brown Bear of the Green Glen — No. 74.— The Tale of the Soldier — No. 75.— The Fox — No. 76.— The Magic Shirt 9
13. 13.APPENDIX — DE NEW HAN’. — JOHN BUNYAN.
14. 14.INDEX
15. 15.Table of Contents
16. 16.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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