Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling, illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales (1891)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 227
he following isexactly word for word what Ilearned when a boy in Phila-s= delphia : — Ekkcri (or ickery), akkery, u-kcry an,Fillisi, follasy, Nicholas John,Oueebce-quabce— Irishman (or, Irish Mary),Stinglc em—stanglc cm—buck ! With a very little alteration ■ This chapter is reproduced, but with… … aio GYPSY SORCERY. in sounds, and not more than children make of these verses in differentplaces, this may be read as follows :— Ek-keri (yekori) akairi, you kair an,Fillissin, follasy, Nakelas janKivi, kavi—Irishman,Stini, stani—buck ! This is, of course, nonsense, but it is Romany or gypsy…
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