Who are the irish travelers?

[BodiesInFlight]

It is but the original is wonderful too.

It really is, that's why it pisses me off when i see photoshops of already sweet bootys.

[Dr Rumack]

No one really knows. They don't have a written tradition of their own so their history is a mystery. They are genetically distinct from the mainstream Irish population. The best guess is that they are historically native to Ireland but at some point 500-600 years ago they split from the rest of society for a reason that hasn't been identified.

It's a strange one for sure.

[jmrf4435]

It really is, that's why it pisses me off when i see photoshops of already sweet bootys.

Her real booty is so nice I honestly didn't notice the difference in the photos.

I'll swap it, though

[jmrf4435]

No one really knows. They don't have a written tradition of their own so their history is a mystery. They are genetically distinct from the mainstream Irish population. The best guess is that they are historically native to Ireland but at some point 500-600 years ago they split from the rest of society for a reason that hasn't been identified.

It's a strange one for sure.

Fascinating stuff.

Did you know the genetic differences? How are they genetically different

[BodiesInFlight]

Her real booty is so nice I honestly didn't notice the difference in the photos.

I'll swap it, though

haha, I'm not hating on you brah, just a pet peeve you know how it is.

[Sun_Tzu]

Her real booty is so nice I honestly didn't notice the difference in the photos.

I'll swap it, though

whats her name again?

[jmrf4435]

whats her name again?

Alenka bikar--SLovenian sprinter-800 meter I thinki

[Dr Rumack]

Fascinating stuff.

Did you know the genetic differences? How are they genetically different

All I know is there's as much distance between them and the rest of the Irish population as there is between the Irish and the Scots or Spanish. Those genetic differences generally don't mean anything, beyond telling you that the two populations were separated.

In Ireland it used to be fairly widely believed that they became nomadic during the famine and that was their origin. But apparently that's not true. Given that they apparently split from the rest of the population it could have something to do with the colonization of Ulster, where huge numbers of people would have been driven from their ancestral homes.

Apart from being nomadic the other big part of their identity was whatever trade they were associated with. That's where the 'tinker' and 'knacker' names for them came from, both of which became racial slurs over time. Tinkers because they were known as small scale metal workers who could repair tin buckets and the like. Knacker because they dealt with horses.

Interestingly the origin of 'knacker' is 'nakkur', a Norse or Scandinavian word.

[jaded]

Well at the risk of showing my ignorance I always thought Gypsies were from Romania and surrounding areas, crazy.

Not all of them...Romany gypsies are dark skinned like people from India but often mixed. The Irish travelers if I'm not mistaking really weren't gypsies. They were nomadic people who were referred to as gypsies because of their nomadic lifestyle and basically...the name stuck.

I was once pick-pocketed by 2 nearly 90 year old Romany gypsy women and an infant outside the Vatican. They cleaned me out...even my pocket lint was gone and I had absolutely no inkling whatsoever it was happening. I learned that if you see them to cross the street because they are incredibly crafty at robbing you blind no matter how old or young they are.

Travelers are more likely to scam you than pick your pockets.

[Sun_Tzu]

Good Lawd!!