Must be an English term, I'd never heard it before. Any of the UK gang know?
-----Original Message----- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 5:09 PM To: CF-Community 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
