Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
The Inspiration xi
1 The Lochgilphead Tinker 1
2 The Beginning of the Journey 7
3 The Greens 13
4 Mansion on Wheels 17
5 Perth and the Romans 22
6 The Wandering Trail 26
7 Closing-Down Sale 32
8 The Broxden Curse 35
9 And On We Go 41
10 The Crieff Connection 47
11 Comrie and Beyond 52
12 The Dreaded Humpies 56
13 Clooty and the Ghost of Ardvorlich 64
14 East of Lochearnhead 73
15 Stories from Killin 75
16 Finn and St Fillan 79
17 Dermot O'Riley 83
18 From Kenmore to the Appalachians 89
19 The Picts of Kenmore 96
20 Weem Tales 100
21 The Urisks and the Brownie 115
22 Weem, Home of the Black Watch 118
23 Tales of the Tinker Soldiers 124
24 The Battle of Killiecrankie 129
25 War Memories 133
26 Balnaguard 136
27 The Caird 138
28 Cairds, Tinkers and Sinclairs 143
29 Gypsies 149
30 Gypsy Slavery 157
31 Next Stop on the Road 164
32 Descriptions of Gypsies from the Past 167
33 More Stories from Chambers 173
34 Simson's History 184
35 The Cottar Folk 197
36 The Report That Condemned the Tinkers 203
37 Eradicating the Culture 221
38 Berry Fields o'Blair 226
39 The Undesirables 232
40 The Next Attacks on Tinkers 236
41 Apartheid Education 245
42 No Life for Riley 256
43 No Room Here, Thank You 259
44 The End of the Road 263
Books Consulted 273
