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Minceirtoiree
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en Ireland Shelta, a language spoken by Irish Travellers.
en 2007 Colleen Anne Hynes Strangers in the House: Twentieth Century Revisions of Irish Literary and Cultural Identity University of Texas Austin 147 McDonagh traces the origins of Travellers back to at least the twelfth century by referring to Traveller-like characters in Irish mythology and emphasizing connections between Traveller language, referred to as Shelta, Gammon, Cant or Minceirtoiree, which literally means "Traveller Talk," and Old Irish.
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