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...forces of progress were on Professor Angold's side., Besides, the British gypsies were more assimilated than most other gypsy stocks. But progress and assimilation might have a stiff tussle with a people which still preserved its folk wisdom in a six-line catechism: Miro dado, soskei shan creminor kaired? (My father, why were worms made?) Miro chabo, that puo-baulor might jib by hailing lende. (My son, that moles might live by eating them.) Miro dado, soskei shan puvo-baulor kaired? (My father, why were moles made?) Miro chabo, that tute ta mande might jib by letting lende...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Housebroken Gypsies | 10/30/1944 | See Source »

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