FTX 281 - TALKING WITH GYPSIES & GYPSIOLOGISTS

Introduced by John Seymour. Produced by Hallam Nelson

These three radio programmes, put together by John Seymour in 1974, were notable for the inclusion of some well-known gypsies of the time and some outstanding gypsy experts including Gordon Boswell, Mary Ann and Bill Haynes, B Gilliat-Smith, Mervyn Jones, Phoebe and Joe Smith, Gratton Puxon, Professor Walter Starkie, Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, Richard Wade and Dora Yates

1. The Fourth Nail (Gordon Boswell) - 2'17"

2. Why are they called gypsies? (Prof Walter Starkie) - 2'08"

3. The first records (Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald) - 0'58"

4. Language (Richard Wade & B.Gilliat-Smith) - 1'30"

5. According to the Dictionary (Boswell) - 3'09"

6. An identifiable ethnic group (Seymour) - 2'10"

7. Gypsy Trades (Starkie) - 2'33"

8. Fiddle (Starkie), mouth music (Bill Haynes) & tin tray - 3'52"

9. Ritual cleanliness (Wade) - 1'22"

10. The Cult of the horse (Boswell) - 2'08"

11. The Occult & Fortune-telling - 1'11"

12. A Rumanian gypsy talking about marriage - 3'45"

13. Weddings and food (Wade) - 1'23"

14. The Mandrake root (Boswell) - 1'45"

15. Country gypsies (Vesey-Fitzgerald) - 0'52

16. Clans and names (Wade) - 2'30"

17. Names taken from landowners (Vesey-Fitzgerald) - 1'45"

18. Gypsies and gorgios - 1.49

19. Illiteracy and memory/ Army experience - 2'35"

20. The 4th nail and the future (Phoebe Smith) - 2'22"