 It also explains why she soon switched from Mrs Bogan of Bogan to the gender-neutral BB when submitting her contributions to "The Scottish Minstrel", and even disguised her handwriting.On one occasion, pressed by her publisher Purdie who wanted to meet his best contributor, she appeared disguised as an elderly gentlewoman from the country.She succeeded in persuading Purdie that she was merely a conduit for the songs she gathered from simple countryfolk, and not their author.