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One website says that there are many such travellers in Kent “because of the summer hop picking†(5). This website also asserts that Pikeys are different to true gypsies in that they are of Irish descent, as opposed to having Romany heritage. Many of the scallies who are today called ‘pikeys’ probably have no connection to these travellers of Irish descent but it is easy to see how the word has remained. Travellers are often viewed as a nuisance and slightly dishonest and uncultured so, to the people of Kent, ‘p***y’ is an idea (l) way of referring to the s