CURSE THREATS
GIPSIES SOURCE OF REVENUE.
Gipsy women tracing on superstition in AYelsall, near Birmingham, and district are separating wtorking-class housewives from hard-earned silver, the victims being unable to withstand the threat of a curse. Shopkeepers, too, are being pestered. One trader stated lately that often gipsies would not leave shop premises until they had received gifts in kind or money. A woman shopkeeper told of a gipsy who asked for money, was given a shilling and then demanded five, shillings. This was refused, but she ultimately obtained a cup-of tea aiid bread and butter.
Gipsies regularly station themselves in suburban gardens, drink tea obtained from intimidated housewives, ana afterward sit in their temporary encampments smoking pipes.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1933, Page 2
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