November 24, 1985

Christina Hole (1896 to November 24, 1985) wrote a number of books. This English author was a member and sometime officer of the Folklore Society, an organization which included Margaret Murry as a member.

The titles of some of her books set a scene:

Saints in Folklore (1966)
A Mirror of Witchcraft (1957)

And in the feline line, here is an illustration from her Haunted England: A survey of English Ghost-lore (1941). This date is from the first edition, illustrated by John Farleigh, which I mention since I had to check Worldcat after noticing variant dates.






We learn:

'The author of the book.... had connections with the North West, for she had worked in Cheshire before the Second World War as an organiser and speaker for the Conservative Party. She became fascinated by folklore, published her first book Traditions and Customs of Cheshire in 1937, and became an active member of the Folklore Society. Her obituary describes her as 'rather eccentric' on the grounds that she refused to have a telephone installed in her home and 'was surrounded by well-behaved cats whose idiosyncracies gave her great pleasure'.