The Yorkshire Almanac 2025

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1734: March 19th, John, the son of Kothar, a traveller, was baptised and buried ten days later. We should imagine that Kothar and his wife would be gipsies, and that they had tarried in Carlton whilst their son was born and till he was buried. En passant it may be interesting to mention that gipsies have (as should everyone) a tremendous veneration for the Sacrament of baptism, and have been known to have their children baptised several times.

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1734: March 19th, John, the son of Kothar, a traveller, was baptised and buried ten days later. We should imagine that Kothar and his wife would be gipsies, and that they had tarried in Carlton whilst their son was born and till he was buried. En passant it may be interesting to mention that gipsies have (as should everyone) a tremendous veneration for the Sacrament of baptism, and have been known to have their children baptised several times.

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