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Expert Profile: Kaye McAlpine

Expertise: Lifecycle (birth, marriage, death) customs in Scotland, Early Modern Scottish social customs, modern Scottish social customs, Border March laws and procedures, criminal processes and judicial execution practices, social history in Early Modern Scotland, ephemera printing in Scotland. While I have knowledge of the clan system and function of the clan society (Highland and Lowland), I am not a an expert in clan genealogy.

Experience in the area
Freelance tutor in outreach courses from Edinburgh University on Scottish Culture and Tradition, including lifecycle customs, broadsheet ballads in Scotland, the traditional ballad and history. Freelance writer, guest presenter on Ch4 History Hunters programme, contributor to BBC Radio Scotland's 'Songlines' series on 'The Dowie Dens of Yarrow'. Currently co-director of amedia production company

Publications
Books: Forthcoming - Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, chapter on The Traditional and the Border Ballad; The Harris Repertoire (2000, Scottish Text Society, co-editor), The Ballad in History (chapter on Border ballads). Journals include Folklore, The Review of Scottish Culture,Sottish Studies, and The Scottish Literary Journal

Education/Credentials
Ph D, M. Phil, BA (hons)

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Prestige Points: 430
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Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		35

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10	10	10	10	08/28/08
8	10	10	10	06/27/08
10	10	10	10	04/06/08
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User Comments

Thank You for your kind and emediate answer
(Darko on 08/28/08)

Thank you Kaye for you prompt response. It was very helpful. Regards, Wendy
(Wendy on 06/27/08)

Thanks Kaye, your answer rearding first footing was very helpful. All the best from Australia. Phil.
(Phil on 04/03/08)

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help. -Lani
(Lani on 02/15/08)

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Recent Answers from Kaye McAlpine

2008-10-19 HUNTIGOWK: Hi Anna 'Huntigowk', as you have it, is a variation of 'hunt the gowk' or 'huntegowk'. In Scots, gowk is a cuckoo, a foolish person, or since the late 19thC and more strongly into the 20thC and...

2008-10-06 clothing: Dear Alison That sounds fascinating,, and I hope I can give you some pointers, though this is so far out of my remit, and I apologise if I go over ground you've already been over. Have you been in...

2008-10-05 culture: Hi Russell this is news to me, but I guess it depends on what area of the country it's meant to have been from. Having your first drink of the day in bed sounds pretty full-on to me. The only reference...

2008-09-25 Scottish Dialect: Hi Leigh Erm, I'm not sure how I can help with this online. However, I'll give it a go. If you have no script as yet, try and get a hold of The Complete Patter by Michael Munro which will help with...

2008-09-08 travelling in the 18th century: Hi Johanna Again, this needs more consideration. There isn't a standard grace. It would depend on religion, language (Gaelic, Scots, Doric, Anglo-Scots), region etc., but unless you are envisaging a...