I keep coming across people who were "Älplers." What might this be? Joann Betschart (Lunzä Schützenhaus) | http://www.c-zone.net/merlaan "Amman Hans, as he was known, was a crude, immodest, rigid, bitter man who had no respect for either clergy or the laity. Nevertheless, he was a judge." -- Brief biography of Hans Betschart (ca. 1580-1650)