Gypsy 7
As a rule, Gypsies profit from non-Gypsies only.
... Romnichals took an early American role as horse traders, and achieved particular success in Boston.
... For a while at least, the label 'horse trader' or 'horse dealer' seemed almost synonymous with 'Gypsy.'
... The colorful wagons used by Romnichals to advertise their presence to any community they entered further reinforced this identification by the professionally painted side panels depicting idealized horses and the horse trading life." The pride of Romnichals in their ability to trade horses is reflected in the carved figures of horses on the tombstones of horse dealers,
... Many of the Rom, who arrived in America after the horse trade's heyday, sell cars.
Other mobile service contributions of the Gypsies have included driveway blacktopping, house painting, and tinsmithing. Gypsy tinkers, who were mostly Romanian-speaking Gypsies, were essential to various industries such as confectioneries, because they retinned large mixing bowls and other machinery on-site. They also worked in bakeries, laundries, and anywhere steam jackets operated.