The tinkler-gypsies . p. 93), thoughhe gives no authority, A woman stood by and \whistled while she watched the nails for theCross being forged. ll That the tradition about the whistling maidalso wields a powerful influence over the super-stitious Irish peasantry is evidenced by thefollowing quotation from a recent article :— Morning, noon, or night that Mairgread Kellywould be going or coming through the villageit is either laughmg or whistling shed be, oftenestwhistling. At that sound the women would/:ross themselves and murmur one to another—? A whistling maid or a crowing hen,Theres never
The tinkler-gypsies . p. 93), thoughhe gives no authority, A woman stood by and \whistled while she watched the nails for theCross being forged. ll That the tradition about the whistling maidalso wields a powerful influence over the super-stitious Irish peasantry is evidenced by thefollowing quotation from a recent article :— Morning, noon, or night that Mairgread Kellywould be going or coming through the villageit is either laughmg or whistling shed be, oftenestwhistling. At that sound the women would/:ross themselves and murmur one to another—? A whistling maid or a crowing hen,Theres never luck in the place theyre in. According to a writer in the Gypsy LoreJournal^-^ the tradition about the gypsy forgingthe nails for the cross is also widespread amongstthe continental Gypsies. In Gypsy Folk Tales,^ No. 14, The RedKing and the \\itch, will be found this furtherconfirmation of the superstition with whichGypsies regard the sign of the cross : His fathergave him a couple of sacks of ducats, and he put. ^^ i^i^N^ H vCj \Jjj %. i^^ :J ^1
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