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Name
  
Rachel Busk

Parents
  
Hans Busk

Grandparents
  
Wadsworth Busk


Rachel Harriette Busk Sagas from the Far East by Rachel Harriette Busk eBook Lulu

Died
  
1907, Westminster, United Kingdom

Books
  
Kalmouk and Mongolia, Roman Legends: A Collectio, The Folk‑lore of Rome: C, The Valleys of Tirol: Thei, The Valleys of Tirol: Thei

Rachel Harriette Busk (1831—1907) was a British traveller and folklorist.

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Life

She was born in 1831, in London. She was the youngest of five daughters of Hans Busk the elder and his wife Maria; and sister of Hans Busk the younger and of Julia Clara Byrne. She was the sister-in-law of Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet through her sister Maria Georgiana.

She collected tales from Italy, Spain, Mongolia and elsewhere. Her collection included folklore, supernatural events, legends of saints, and humorous anecdotal material. Her work on Italian folklore was strongly influenced by the work of Giuseppe Pitrè

She converted to Catholicism in 1858 and lived in Rome after 1862.

She died at Members' Mansions, Westminster, on 1 March 1907, and was buried in the family vault at Frant, near Tunbridge Wells.

Works

  • Patranas or Spanish Stories (1870)
  • Household Stories from the Land of Hofer, or Popular Myths of Tirol (1871)
  • Sagas from the Far East: Kalmouk and Mongol Tales (1873).
  • The Folk-lore of Rome (1874)
  • The Valleys of Tirol (1874)
  • The Folk-Songs of Italy (1887)
  • References

    Rachel Harriette Busk Wikipedia


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