With A Romany Tapestry this book forms the most complete (and personal) survey of the Romanies in the 20th century, making the great quantity of material gathered through the author s life available to those with an interest in, and affection for, this unique people. The Eildon Tree includes traditional Romany tales, Romany phrases and proverbs, songs, sections on a Romany Yule and Samhain and a comprehensive dictionary detailing long-surviving oral tradition which still survives largely as a secret language.