Beautifully and honestly written..light and refreshing.. Old Glory ...real insight into a way of life that now largely belongs to the past...illuminating and fun....some of the food and traditional recipes could well be worth a try! Prediction Always interested in alternative lifestyles and alternative medicine, Michael Hoadley started collecting Romany lore and remedies. This book is the result of a lifetime s association with Romany Gypsies, much of it written from a personal point of view. This is a comfortable, fireside book with something to interest everyone - Romany origins, practices, beliefs customs and lore, healing remedies and tales. An intensely personal book about a little-known people who live life to the full in their own very individual ways.