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tinker-gypsy

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Can the term "tinker-gypsy" be clarified please - are we talking about Romanis, Scottish Travellers (or Tinsmiths)? Mutt Lunker 21:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Date of execution

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The extract from his sentence says that he was to be hanged on Friday 16th November. However the 16th of November was a Saturday in 1700 by the Julian calendar then in use in Britain, and it was a Tuesday by the Gregorian calendar. Also by the Julian calendar it was a Thursday in 1699 and a Sunday in 1701. PatGallacher (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly useful source

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  • Wilkins, Frances (2017). "'Da Merry Boys o Greenland': Explorations into the Musical Dialogue of Shetland's Nautical Past". Folk Music Journal. 11 (2): 17–37. ISSN 0531-9684. JSTOR 44987620.chaetodipus (talk) 07:06, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]