Hi guys, I'm Mai from North Carolina. I just joined. I'm doing research for a book I'm writing and would like to know if anyone here can help answer a question...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jun 6, 2005 6:55 pm
Dear Mai, Welcome to the list. I am not 100% sure this is the best forum for your specific question, but let me see if I can point you in some directions. (and...
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Marcus MacFarlane
marcussca
Jun 6, 2005 9:09 pm
Also look at Clan Alliances and Affiliations as well. In my case, Clan MacFarlane was Allied with the Stewarts who granted them their Lands. Stewart has a...
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Diana Cosby
vkmyth
Jun 13, 2005 10:54 pm
I'm searching for any information on specifics of the Battle of Black Ironside. To date, I've found that it occurred on June 12, 1298 when Wallace routed the...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jun 17, 2005 5:12 am
Diana, I can't find too much more anywhere than what you've put here. What, specifically are you looking for? Army size or weapons used or casualty rate or???...
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Diana Cosby
vkmyth
Jun 17, 2005 12:05 pm
Julie Stackable, SCA Margaret Hepburn wrote: I can't find too much more anywhere than what you've put here. What, specifically are you looking for? Army size...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jun 17, 2005 6:21 pm
Now that's really interesting, when I googled it, all the sites I found seemed to present it as a real battle! You can't seem to go wrong with a publicist like...
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Diana Cosby
vkmyth
Jun 17, 2005 6:31 pm
Julie Stackable, SCA Margaret Hepburn wrote: Now that's really interesting, when I googled it, all the sites I found seemed to present it as a real battle!...
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Erick Maxskelly
mikecfi
Jun 17, 2005 10:10 pm
Can anyone recommend a good book on Scottish troops fighting during the hundred years war? I am speciffically interested in battles that took place during the...
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maibabykisses
Jun 19, 2005 10:25 pm
Hi guys, I was wondering. Was it possible to have a woman lead a clan? If so, what would she be called? A laird, cheiftan, etc? And what would the stipulations...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jun 20, 2005 7:28 am
... I have a number of times heard claims that women could be clan chiefs historically, but I have yet to actually follow up and discover what the basis for...
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Corey Steff
sca_gavine
Jun 20, 2005 3:33 pm
ok im sorry but my sarcasm streak is out to play... I would say a matriarchal title/leader would be MOM and Im pretty sure you cant inherit it. Gavine ... ...
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Mai Christy Thao
maibabykisses
Jun 20, 2005 5:37 pm
LOL. No problem. I need to reword that. Does anyone know good references or websites on Scottish titles and how to call who what? Christy ... ok im sorry but...
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Diana Cosby
vkmyth
Jun 20, 2005 7:21 pm
Mai Christy Thao wrote: Does anyone know good references or websites on Scottish titles and how to call who what? ~Christy, I think this is what you're...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jun 20, 2005 10:25 pm
... This web page is very nice for modern British titles and forms of address (taken as it is mainly from a 1932 book on the subject), but doesn't help if the...
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Todd Wilkinson
macwilkin_ktj
Jun 20, 2005 10:51 pm
http://www.hereditarytitles.com/ T. Mai Christy Thao <maibrowneyez@...> wrote: LOL. No problem. I need to reword that. Does anyone know good references...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jun 21, 2005 12:28 am
... This another web site that is very nice for modern British titles (though with a very English bias to the discussion), but it also doesn't help much if the...
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maibabykisses
Jun 21, 2005 10:41 am
OK, sorry if this sounds a little crude, but I need another word for penis that doesn't sound so out there. The setting is Medieval Scotland. It's something a...
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Todd Wilkinson
macwilkin_ktj
Jun 21, 2005 10:43 am
Apologies, Sharon -- didn't mean to offend you by posting this site for general reference. Next time I will preface the link with a disclaimer. Regards, Todd ...
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Kevin Myers
dobharchu
Jun 21, 2005 10:44 am
... What about 'Mormaer'? Reference "The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer" by Kenneth Jackson. You can find a copy of the text by going to the CELT website...
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Mai Christy Thao
maibabykisses
Jun 21, 2005 11:18 am
See, I have this already. I'm a big Regency person. But almost all these titles are English. I'm very familiar with all of them. I just recently made the...
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Mai Christy Thao
maibabykisses
Jun 21, 2005 11:18 am
This is a good website, and one I haven't come across before. Thanks! Mai From: Todd Wilkinson <macwilkin_ktj@...> Reply-To: albanach@yahoogroups.com To:...
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Mai Christy Thao
maibabykisses
Jun 21, 2005 11:26 am
OK Sharon, Let me pick your brain for a moment. 1200-1350 Gaelic Scotland Would a Laird be called 'my lord, and his wife 'my lady'? And when someone is making...
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Cathal@...
evilbaron2000
Jun 21, 2005 11:54 am
... In the SCA's alternative title list, "Earl" is an acceptable equivalent usage for a County title. I would hazard that it is probably the most used...
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Kevin Myers
dobharchu
Jun 21, 2005 7:16 pm
Oh! Didn't know that! Thanks for the info! -Cainnech ... ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jun 22, 2005 3:16 am
... You didn't offend me, and I don't quite understand why you think you did, given what I posted. ... In general it is a good idea to always give some...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jun 22, 2005 4:39 am
Mmkay, no one else went for this & I was curious so I looked it up in the online Dictionary of the Scottish Language at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ Here you go,...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jun 22, 2005 4:55 am
Laird is simply another way to say 'Lord' & means basically the same thing. From the Dictionary of the Scottish Language again.... Laird 3. A landowner who was...
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Douglas Bailey
kilttooth
Jun 22, 2005 10:17 am
______________________________________________ Let me introduce my self. I am Lord Douglas Bailey (Mundane) 13th generational head of Bailey. No SCA...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jun 22, 2005 10:18 am
At 9:53 PM -0700 6/20/05, Kevin Myers wrote: A very interesting and informative post, namely... ... I'd forgotten about <mormaer> and that it may be originally...
