 | | Toria speaks to BBC WM's Carl Chinn |
"My mother was born to one of the travelling Draper families. She lived an indoor life most of the time and I was very interested in the Romany tradition so I decided that's what I wanted to stay, and that's what I chose to do. I learnt the Romany language, travelled with the Romanies and I'm just happy to be what I am." "Romany is a mixture of Indian and Egyptian and all sorts of things. It's an abbreviation of all different languages and it's very very interesting because the Romany people are a very interesting people and adopt different religions as well. Which ever country they are in they adopt that religion to suit them." Click here to learn some Romany words Loxton in Somerset is where I just want to pull onto a field and live my way of life and be left alone. In my home everything is gypsy-style. I love the frills and the flowers - I just love our way of life. My grandmother could read hands - it's passed down but it skipped my mother and came to me. It's called dukkering the voss - reading the hands. So I do that and do a lot of shows and enjoy travelling to them with the vardo's (caravans) and grys (horses). | 
