Mabel Peacock
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Mabel Peacock was an English folklorist.
Mabel was the daughter of Lucy and Edward Peacock
F.S.A. of Bottesford Manor, Brigg, Lincolnshire
, and later of Kirton-in-Lindsey. She made collections of folklore
in this region and published them in journals and her books.
Her works include,
Mabel was the daughter of Lucy and Edward Peacock
Edward Peacock (antiquary)
Edward Peacock was an English antiquarian and novelist.-Biography:Edward Peacock, the only son of the agriculturalist Edward S. Peacock , of Bottesford Manor, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, was educated by private tutors. Influenced by John Henry Newman, he converted to Catholicism as a young man...
F.S.A. of Bottesford Manor, Brigg, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, and later of Kirton-in-Lindsey. She made collections of folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
in this region and published them in journals and her books.
Her works include,
- An Index of Royalists whose estates were confiscated during the Commonwealth. 1879
- Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk-speech, 1886, with Max Peacock (anonymously)
- Tales fra Linkishire, 1889. She also edited a reprint of Bunyan’sJohn BunyanJohn Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church on 29 August.-Life:In 1628,...
Holy War and Heavenly Footman, 1892, with full introduction and notes; Lincolnshire Tales, 1897; Lincolnshire Rhymes, 1907. - Lincolnshire County Folklore, 1908, with Mrs. GutchEliza GutchEliza Gutch was an author and contributor to Notes and Queries. It was from her suggestion that the Folklore Society was formed, with Gutch as a founder member...
. - many contributions to Folk-Lore and a collection of notes and manuscript.