Romani speaker who claimed, "I can generally tell any Gipsy whom I meet who his grandfather was".

The Heron Pedigree was compiled by the Reverend George Hall (1863-1918), a Lincolnshire man who often camped with the English Roma and learnt their ways, and their histories. As a result he was known as "The Gypsies Parson". The original Heron Pedigree is in the Hands of the Gypsy Lore Society, of which he was a member.

The Gypsy Parson : His Experiences & Adventures
BY THE REV. GEORGE HALL
RECTOR OF RUCKLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE


NOT a few writers have essayed to study the Gypsies in dusty libraries. I have companioned with them on fell and common, racecourse and fairground, on
the turfy wayside and in the city's heart. In my book, which is a record of actual experiences, I have tried to present the Gypsies just as I have found them, without minimising their faults or magnifying their virtues. Most of the Gypsies mentioned in the
following pages have now passed away, and of those who remain, many have, for obvious reasons, been renamed.


If you wish you can read his book online :
http://www.archive.org/stream/gypsysparsonhise00hallrich#page/n3/mode/2up
http://www.archive.org/stream/gypsysparsonhise00hallrich/gypsysparsonhise00hallrich_djvu.txt


Exact :
Tyso Boswell and the Buried Treasure - section 190
"Well, Tyso was once katskin (camping) on a Norfolk common and got a-talking with a boy tending sheep. Says the boy to Tyso

" ' I can tell you where there's a buried box full o' money.'

" ' Show me the place/ says Tyso.

" The boy took him to a little low, green hill, and then they fetches a spade and digs into it. Sure enough they bared the lid of an old iron chest with a ring on top, and both of 'em tugged hard at the ring, but the box wouldn't budge an inch. Just then Tyso
swore, and the ring slipped outen their hands, and down went the box and they never see'd it no more."