STARK WARNING
The terrifying truth behind Peaky Blinders’ Ruby’s dream explained – this is what ‘Tickna mora o’beng’ means
THE terrifying truth behind Ruby's dream in Peaky Blinders has been revealed - and it's more sinister than you may think.
The first episode of the new season tackled plenty of huge questions that have hung over the show since the fifth season.
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Firstly, there was the reveal that it was Captain Swing who foiled Tommy Shelby's assassination plot on Oswald Mosley.
Then we saw how the show would address the fate of Polly Shelby, after the untimely death of Helen McCrory.
The closing moments of the episode also saw Tommy's daughter, Ruby, fall ill before having a fever dream.
What does Tickna more o'beng mean?
The dream included an ominous premonition, repeating the Romani words: "Tickna mora o'beng".
Lizzie explains to Tommy that Ruby "kept saying these gypsy words, 'tickna mora… tickna mora o'beng, o'beng' over and over".
At this point, Tommy panics and starts shouting at Lizzie to explain more, she adds that Ruby could also see "a man with green eyes".
So what do these ominous fever dreams mean?
Speaking exclusively to , creator Steven Knight: "It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil'.
"It means a bit more than that, but yeah. So it's not good. It's not a good thing."
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Steven was also asked if Tommy is the "devil" from the premonition, to which Steven explained: "Tommy's biggest fear is that it's him, but it's not.
"Tommy in series six and, to an extent series five, discovers that he's a good man when he comes across something more evil than him.
"And when he does come across that evil - which is Fascism - he discovers that actually, he will do things against his own interest, to prevent that from happening, which I think is one definition of being good."
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