Tour Scotland Video Of Men Making A Gellie In Fife

Tour Scotland video of men making a gelly or gellie at the Travelling People and Gypsy Festival at Lochore Meadows Country Park, Fife, Scotland. A gellie is a bothy or dwelling made from natural material. Highland Travellers are closely tied to the native Highlands, and many traveller families carry clan names like Macfie, Stewart, MacDonald, Cameron, Williamson and Macmillan. They follow a nomadic or settled lifestyle; passing from village to village and are more strongly identified with the native Gaelic speaking population. Continuing their nomadic life, they would live on rough ground on the edge of the village and earn money there as tinsmiths, hawkers, horse dealers or fishing for pearls. Many found seasonal employment on farms, e.g. at the berry picking or during harvest.

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