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Title	Gypsies, Gary, Indiana
Alternative Title	Gypsies; Gypsy;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentric
Description	James Hodge's transcribed interview of Mary Ruby about gypsies. According to Ruby, a king called a gypsy woman and told her to find the most beautiful baby in the kingdom and give the baby a golden ball. The woman traveled all over the kingdom. When she came home she gave the ball to her own baby. The king asked if she couldn't find a prettier baby, and she told him that hers was the most beautiful to her.
Informant	Ruby, Mary
Collector	Hodge, James
Date of Original	1968-12-30
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Lake County -- Gary -- 1968
Subject	Legends People Nomads Manners & customs
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-02
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-Gypsies004

Gypsies, Gary, Indiana

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