Ladislav Mirga

It was a horrible mistake to let them move here. It was a dirty trick from the white inhabitants of Letanovce to send them over here. I know they have properties in here but we all protested, the whole village. It could have been organized somewhere else. If they have some respect and if they believe in God, they didn't have to force it so much. They are of no help. Sometimes they come to ask, whether they could cut some wood or something else. They come to offer their services. Almost everyone in here has a boy among them who he hires for small jobs. But we feel ashamed when they come here, also because there are tourists crossing on the way to Hrabušice or Slovak Paradise (national park), so when they see them, they think of them as of 'the black gypsies from Spišský Štvrtok'.

Gott sang with Gondolán. I saw them both in Prague. Gondolán used to come to boarding-house and play violin. One of us, a boy from Machalovce played violin as well but only using his little finger because his other fingers were cut off. It made Gondolán cry. He couldn't believe someone could play so good with one finger. Even Karol Gott came once. He was amazed when he heard our boys sing. One of the boys sang very well, Karol Gott couldn't believe it. He was astonished. The boy was very gifted, without any training.

One building site where I enjoyed to work at was Slnečnica, located in the south Poprad. It is a 13-floors building with three sections. I worked there from the beginning til the end. Next to it there is Zámeček in Poprad. I worked there as well. I have built a lot. The neighborhood in Letanovce is mostly my work. I have built two housing blocs in Spišský Štvrtok as well. I managed the project and built it with the local men. There are many constructions I build from the scratch.