Gypsy Lady Costume

Gypsy Lady Costume

Size 8-14

HIRE ONLY

Gipsy has several developing and overlapping meanings under English Law. Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, 'gipsies' are defined as "persons of nomadic habit of life, whatever their race or origin, but does not include members of an organised group of travelling showmen, or persons engaged in travelling circuses, travelling together as such.This definition includes such groups as New Age Travellers, as well as Irish Travellers and Romany. The English term gipsy (or gypsy) originates from the Greek word Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi, whence Modern Greek γύφτοι gifti), in the erroneous belief that the Romanies originated in India, and were exiled as punishment for allegedly harboring the infant Jesus