There are four groups covered by this term:
1 People of Romani origin, whose language and traditional crafts can provide a source of fascination for young children.
2 Irish gypsies or travellers who may speak a Gaelic dialect called 'Shelta' in Ireland and 'Cant' in Britain. Most of them here will speak English with a liberal scattering of Shelta. Many still follow a traveling way of life, but may compromise with the mainstream by living on officially-designated sites.
3 Travelling families connected with neither of those two cultures who move around the country on well-established routes working in circuses and fairgrounds.
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