McNeill, Florence Marian (1885–1973)
McNeill, Florence Marian (1885–1973)
Scottish folklorist. Name variations: F. Marian McNeill. Born 1885 in St. Mary's Holm, Orkney, Scotland; died 1973 in Scotland; attended Glasgow University.
Specialist in folklore and culinary history of Scotland, was born and brought up in Orkney, where her father, a university graduate in divinity and medicine, kept up many of the old customs; best known for The Scots Kitchen (1929), which examines Scottish culinary history, links it to France and includes many traditional recipes; also published only novel, The Road Home (1932), loosely based on her years in Glasgow and London; returned to folklore with The Scots Cellar (1956) and her comprehensive 4-vol. study, The Silver Bough (1957–68); also wrote Hallowe'en (1970).
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