The accepted view is that the Gypsies left areas in northwest India about 1,000 years ago and headed westwards, passing though Persia and Armenia and arriving in the Balkans in the 14th century. From there many continued farther west. There are account books from Holyrood House in 1529 that mention payments to Gypsies dancing for King James V of Scotland.
When I was a kid I always thought of Gypsy life as some sort of romantic traveling fair, but the reality is much bleaker.
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Gypsies tried to rob me several times in Europe. Their hard time is partly of their own making.
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