 It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community.The title is an alternative spelling of the term "didicoy".It was dramatised as a television serial, "Kizzy" (1976), which was produced by Dorothea Brooking for the BBC, with Vanessa Furst as Kizzy.