[280] This was the very same affair and the same gypsies described and mentioned on page 383 of In Gypsy Tents, by Francis Hindes Groome, Edinburgh, 1880. I am well acquainted with them.
[285] Primulaveris: in German Schlüssel blume, that is, key flowers; also Mary’s-keys and keys of heaven. Both the primrose and tulip are believed in South Germany to be an Open Sesame to hidden treasure.
[292] Omar Khayyám, Rubaiyat.
Johnnykin and the Goblins. London: Macmillan.
[302a] Vide Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. xvi. part 2, 1856 p. 285.
[302b] Die Zigeuner.
[307a] The Dialect of the English Gypsies.
[307b] I beg the reader to bear it in mind that all this is literally as it was given by an old gypsy, and that I am not responsible for its accuracy or inaccuracy.
Literally, the earth-sewer.
[317b] Kāli foki. Kālo means, as in Hindustani, not only black, but also lazy. Pronounced kaw-lo.