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Mary Poague Pringle

A little-known early 20th-century writer, remembered for a festive journey through Christmas customs around the world. Her best-known work invites readers into the stories, symbols, and seasonal traditions behind Yule celebrations in many countries.

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Yule-Tide in Many Lands

Yule-Tide in Many Lands

by Mary Poague Pringle, Clara A. Urann

About the author

Very little biographical information about Mary Poague Pringle is readily confirmed online, but reliable library and public-domain records do show that she was the co-author of Yule-Tide in Many Lands, published in Boston by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. in 1916 with Clara A. Urann.

That book explores Christmas and Yule traditions across different cultures, mixing history, folklore, and holiday customs in a way that feels both educational and warmly seasonal. Project Gutenberg and library records suggest this is the work for which she is chiefly known today.

Because so few dependable personal details are easily documented, Pringle remains something of a shadowy figure. Even so, her surviving work has kept her name alive for modern readers interested in folklore, holiday history, and the many ways people have celebrated the winter season.