ketellappers

Ierse ketellappers: moeder en kind bij een provisorische tent / Irish tinkers: mother and child in front of their so-called tent

from Nationaal Archief

• Marvelous Robert Marland said:

  Not sure if "Tinkers" is the correct term

• raining rita said:

  oh oh her poor little cheeks

• Jack Falstaff said:

  'Irish Travellers' is the polite term, though Romany gypsies call them by a less polite name. The tent is called a 'bender', and is modelled on the Romany 'tan'.

• mikescottnz said:

  Great post war vintage.They are not believed to be Roma or Drom 'gypies' having working seasonally and travelled in Ireland for centuries , more recently England. "I hope this Blog will become a collection of some of the living Irish Traveller (Tinker or Pavee ) traditions I've being lucky enough to encounter and perhaps even some of the random moments that grace my life with a sense of personal order... sure, time will tell :) " barefootpavee.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html Kildare County Council Library Services Celebrating Inclusion and Cultural Diversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmYCP2jvfY&feature=player_em...

• Borek Lupomesky said:

  What is the context of this photo? It remains me of the "Migrant Mother".