The tinkler-gypsies . rshall of Muirkirk, Malcolms uncle,practised the tin manufacture. An uncle inMaybole followed the same trade. The mouldfor shoe lifts, as seen in the illustration, was calleda caulm. The whorl was used with astring and bow to revolve the brad-awl whenpiercing handles for whistling spoons. Thescrapers were called ooshaves (outshaves) andinshaves. They made the rasp or file them-selves from a used-up file by striking on a veryhard stone (still in existence). The mould forsoup-divider was made oi li^i^^nian vitce. Big Francie, Jocks son, a factory operativein Kilmaurs, showe
The tinkler-gypsies . rshall of Muirkirk, Malcolms uncle,practised the tin manufacture. An uncle inMaybole followed the same trade. The mouldfor shoe lifts, as seen in the illustration, was calleda caulm. The whorl was used with astring and bow to revolve the brad-awl whenpiercing handles for whistling spoons. Thescrapers were called ooshaves (outshaves) andinshaves. They made the rasp or file them-selves from a used-up file by striking on a veryhard stone (still in existence). The mould forsoup-divider was made oi li^i^^nian vitce. Big Francie, Jocks son, a factory operativein Kilmaurs, showed his Gypsy blood by rovingabout the parish with a fishing rod in his was a renowned fisher and guddler insummer time when the water was low. Eventhrough the medium of the post it has beenpossible to prove that the Tinkler cant wasknown to this branch of the Marshalls. The Kennedies. The Kennedies are held in kindly remem-brance in almost every farm-house in were said to have hailed from Hightae,. ^- • ^»L_^.:^ r. ..^httid V ^IrA C3 ^ The Kennedies (Homers). 149 Lochmaben, where it is said they claimed toown property. They were a dark, handsome,powerfully-built race, with strong aquilinefeatures. If we go back for half a century the gangthen appears to have consisted of the fatherand mother, John Kennedy and IsabellaHutchison or Kennedy, three daughters namedTibbuck, Janet, and Mary, and four sonsnamed Sandy, John, Andrew, and Rob. There was also another horner named AndrewKennedy, who travelled Galloway at the sametime as the Kennedy gang, but he usuallytravelled alone. Although he was not mucholder than the sons and daughters above-named, they always called him Uncle appears to have passed as a sort of superiorTinkler, and was inclined to disown kinshipwith the others. Having saved some money inhis younger days, he arrived one day at an out-of-the-way little inn where he was unknown. Hepassed himself off as a great gentleman and adescendant of
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