You mean "pikie" Its an insulting term for the Romany/Gypsy. Gypsies been the Irish equivalent of Romanies. A pikie is a gypsy that's been expelled from the tribe in the Romany sense
http://www.aldertons.com/question.htm Do a find on the page for pikie - the various descriptions are about hlaf way down the page. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: RE: What a crock > I second Patrick, interesting indeed. I think they referred to the > itinerants in Snatch as "krikeys". Was that a correct reference? > > Adam. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 3:18 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: FW: What a crock > > > > > > Oh and the other things they're famous for are trading ponies and bare > > fist fighting tournaments. > > There's a so-called "King of the Knackers" competition every in > > Ballinasloe, Co. Galway every year. > > > > Friend of mine has an amusing story how one of the finalists > > made a show > > of going around all the pubs in the town looking for his opponent, > > knowing that he was hiding from the cops. 'Course the guy turns up > > outside one of the pubs and knocks the crap out of him. > > > > A rowing club I belonged to in Dublin used to rent out their function > > room for itinerant weddings because no hotels would dream of it (the > > room was extremely spartan nothing redeeming at all). Some of the > > rowers used to help out as bouncers and they said there would > > be massive > > fights every time, not with the bouncers but over women, money horses > > you name. But they'd take it outside, while plastered drunk, and then > > they'd fight for a bit and afterwards they'd be the best of friends. > > Unbelievable behavior. The rower guys used to run a book between > > themselves to guess who'd end up fighting and winning. Kept > > them amused > > I suppose. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Gilchrist > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:06 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: What a crock > > > > > > That's a better generalization although not exactly true. > > > > They are officially referred to as itinerants in Ireland and are the > > equivalent of roaming trailer parks. > > > > Their history is allegedly the dispossessed of land by the > > English over > > the centuries who were turfed out on the road and essentially never > > settled and kept moving. In the early parts of the century they were > > known as "tinkers", they would repair tin pots and pans etc. Nowadays > > they operate junk yard types of things. > > > > People go nuts when they set up camp near them due to concerns about > > crime etc. There have been numerous schems to create permanent halting > > sites for them to settle but they have never really been that > > successful. Many have also been offered free government > > housing. Most > > just don't want to settle. > > > > Brad Pitt plays the role of an Irish itinerant perfectly in > > Snatch, his > > accent was spot-on (I was really impressed, I'd written him > > off up till > > then). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:52 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: What a crock > > > > > > > She also described herself as an "Irish traveler" a person who does > > > not have a permanent home, but travels around doing odd > > jobs....and I > > > also heard that irish travelers also many times run scams > > > > > > > > > I think the correct term here is - Gypsy. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
