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A short story about Ireland’s nomadic curse

submitted by Irelandlost to news 11 monthsMay 25, 2023 10:35:57 ago (+3/-0)     (archive.ph)

https://archive.ph/7lq20

I’ve been criticised on here for saying tinkers shouldn’t be considered white, presumably by people with no experience of tinkers. Thankfully they are less than 1% of our population (but over 10% of our prison population), so not the same scourge as the pavement ape is to North Americans, but this short story of one of their many nomadic adventures before the courts today can help illustrate why they are so hated in their own homeland.


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[ - ] SmokeyMeadow 3 points 11 monthsMay 25, 2023 13:01:45 ago (+3/-0)

My dad told me stories of these assholes. They would show up in town and scam people with tradesman jobs, like they would offer a cheap price per square foot to patch your driveway. But then put down a patch that covers the whole driveway, thus overcharging you.

In this part of dad's life, he was a street racing teen hooligan. One of these tinker fucks had a totally badass '69 El Camino that he would scam people with betting on races. If you ever saw an SS 396 El Camino, you would assume it would have so much power to the rear that it would just go sideways off the line. He had it rigged so he could be observed doing this over and over in a night of racing. But, the clever fuck also had water keg mounted in the bed. Right over the axle, so he could put some water in there and have instant traction. It was like the street racing equivalent of being a pool hustler.

[ - ] NaturalSelectionistWorker 1 point 11 monthsMay 25, 2023 13:07:11 ago (+1/-0)

Sometimes you get a shitty lower caste even from an otherwise healthy race.

[ - ] Panic 1 point 11 monthsMay 25, 2023 12:29:57 ago (+1/-0)

In the US, we have communities of 'Irish Travelers', mostly in the southern states. They are the same and they do the same shenanigans as in the old country.

[ - ] Ozark -1 points 11 monthsMay 25, 2023 13:35:58 ago (+0/-1)

There aren't many Irish in the South.