Lincolnshire Dialect

ding 2011: “Born in Bottesford, Lin., second child of Edward Peacock (1831-1915), the Lincolnshire antiquarian. Her fascination with the dialect of Lincolnshire began in her teens and continued throughout her life. She gathered with her brothers Maximilian and Adrian collections of Lincolnshire words.They were all active members of the English Dialect Society. She also contributed to the English Dialect Dictionary Her brother Maximilian anonymously co-authored with her Tales and Rhymes, Taales fra Linkisheere and Lincolnshire Tales .”

Works

Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk-Speech. 1886. Brigg: G. Jackson and Son. London: George Bell & Sons. SC. EDD.

Taales fra Linkisheere. 1889, Brigg. G. Jackson and Son. SC. EDD.

Lincolnshire Tales. The Recollections of Eli Twigg. 1897. Brigg: Jackson & Sons. Not in EDD.

Lincolnshire Rhymes. 1907. London: J. W. Goulding and Son. Not in EDD.

Not KingKong Project

For further information about her life and works, see:

Elder, Eileen. Ed. 1997.  Peacock Lincolnshire Word Books 1884-1920: with Additions Dating from the 18th and Earlier 19th Centuries. Barton-on-Humber, Lin.: Scunthorpe Museum Society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Peacock

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Folklore_(journal)/Volume_31/Obituary/Mabel_Peacock

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb98-74359

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