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[gothwalk]

Quick links here to something that came up in a conversation at work - the language of the Irish Travellers, variously called the Cant, the Gammon, Shelta, or Pavee. This was spoken to some degree in my hometown of Bunclody, too, as evidenced by the second link below.

Shelta
Sally Connors speaks the Gammon

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[bardiphouka.livejournal.com]

Apparently(doing a bit of digging) it was generally in the Ft Smith area and has disappeared to a large part, leaving mostly a tonne of people named Riley and O'Riley in the area.
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