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GYPSY PATERFAMILIAS ENGAGED IN THE FAVOURITE PURSUIT OF MENDING A FAMILY CAULDRON The gypsies are believed to have come over to Europe early in the Middle Ages, and their appearance and the structure of their language would prove them to be ubdoubtedly of East Indian origin. Like all their kinsfolk, the Hungarian gypsies seem to have a horror of a sedentary life, and are ever on the move. The men, when they care to work, show great skill as tinkers and metal-workers, and as menders of the large iron pots used in the making of preserves, of which Hungarians are very fond |