Wondering about cultural/ethnic origins...
2006-08-29 07:49:55 · 8 answers · asked by jamie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
One sells, one steals?
2006-09-02 06:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tinkers are now known widely as the Knackers. They are the Irish version of the Gypsies.
Of course now in Ireland there are a lot of Roma too (Roma are the gypsies around Hungary & Romaina) because of the romanian refugees.
The Roma steal your earings right out of your ears.
2006-08-29 15:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Ireland in times gone by a Tinker was a man that made handcraft tin cups ie tin...kers and other household cutlery and they moved from town to town saome of these Tinkers even made shoes for horses and repaired gates for farmers.Gypsies on the other hand where people that were nomadic and traveled in horse drawn caravans and were mostly musicians and told stories etc they also traded in breeding and selling horses
2006-08-29 15:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by SPEAK UP WAKE UP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gypsies are a specific ethnic group, whereas tinker simply refers to a nomadic peddler.
2006-08-30 14:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by braningillespie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought a Tinker worked on Clocks, but what do I know.
2006-08-29 15:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What part of the world do you live?
2006-08-29 14:55:38 · answer #6 · answered by mykidsRmylife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never hear about thinkiers...but gypsies...are like past the era
2006-08-29 14:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by lins 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, arent they the same thing?
2006-08-29 14:51:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋