Edith Hörandner

Edith Hörandner (''née'' Klenk) (1939 – 2008) was an Austrian folklorist and educator. On receiving her doctorate from the Folklore Institute at the University of Vienna, she worked as a researcher at the Gesellschaft für den Volkskundeatlas in Österreich on the Austrian Folklore Atlas (1966–68). From 1968 to 1986 she was a research assistant at the Vienna Folklore Institute, after which she was appointed Professor of Folklore at the University of Graz until her retirement in 2007. Her work included research into folk medicine, food, costumes, and beliefs and superstitions. She later devoted attention in her teaching and publications to ageing, the everyday life of children and Halloween. Provided by Wikipedia