On the one hand life was so sad and boring because everything their lives were stemming from wasn't there anymore. On the other hand there was this freedom—they live their lives in their own way. And then, she says, she found herself taking no photographs at all.
She's here and she's not really photographing anymore. Birte Kaufmann's project on the Travellers is now available as a book. You may also see more of Birte Kaufmann's photographs on her website. All rights reserved. Who were they, she wondered, and how could she delve deeper into their culture?
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But Casey, while acknowledging that Travellers display an "Elvis-like ostentation," contends that the community seems so affluent because Travellers build their own homes and don't have to pay off mortgages.
In addition, he says, many community members have long-term contracts with companies in the region for barn and silo painting. Painting farm buildings is one of the main occupations of Irish Travellers in America. They also specialize in selling tools and linoleum. Rarely do they enter cities, working instead almost exclusively in rural areas. As for how many Irish Travellers there are in the U. Estimates range from 7, to 50, In addition to the community in Murphy Village, there are concentrations in Texas, near Memphis and in and around New England.
Members of these other Irish Traveller communities tend to use trailer parks, some of which they own, as home bases. About miles southwest of Chicago, the police in Livingston County, Ill.
Each summer, the Travellers come into the county and spend weeks painting barns and other farm buildings for cash. John Johnson of the sheriff's police says there haven't been many complaints about the quality of the work--"maybe because they're so cheap.
But, over several recent winters, he says, there have been many burglaries of isolated machine sheds on some of the same farms where the Irish Travellers did their painting.
Among the items taken: air compressors, pneumatic tools and power washers. Johnson won't exactly call the Travellers suspects. But he says, "We consider them, without a doubt, persons of interest in many of these burglaries. According to Livingston and "Scam! Kilkenny farmer launches bid to have Ireland be taken over by British.
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The former becoming an early-May Traveller tradition was an outgrowth of the funerals. And with the exception of the solemnity of the funeral, the weekend took on a celebratory vibe. Eventually St. The Travellers both in America and the home country typically intermarry, thus the purity of their genetics. Thus, it helped having the elders around, with their lengthy memories of Traveller history and knowledge of the consanguinity of various septs.
The Murphy Village Travellers caught the attention of South Carolina authorities in in part because of the practice. They were accused not of arranged marriages, which are legal, but of child marriage, which is not. The girls were returned after three months. Travellers insist that while marriages may be planned while the would-be bride and groom are underage, none are actually married until the age of majority. Because of their closed nature, Travellers often catch the attention of authorities.
An unusual — but profitable and legal — practice often grabs the eye of state insurance investigators. But as with any group of people, temptation makes for malfeasance.
The Texas Travellers do so much insurance investment, a Fort Worth agent did nothing but arrange policies for the Travellers of White Settlement. One notable exception came in Smiley claimed the Travellers returned a week later, saying that their conscience had worn on them for trading him bad mules.
Smiley, who was apparently a very trusting man, agreed, only to find the two mules were even worse than the other pair. By , there was concern among Traveller elders that the old tradition of the pilgrimage to their most sacred space was dying out.
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