 Maria_Leach  Na for New York siti dem bon Maria Leach. Bifor-bifor shi bi Alice-Mary Doane,shi bi girl-pikin of Benjamin H.Doane an Mary Davis Doane. Im fada na one nativ of Nova Scotia,one of di three maritime provins dem for Canada.Na for Barrington,for Shelburne county naim dem bon di man, Im bi kom from one venerablefamili wey dem dey kol Doaneone Anglicizedfom of Gaclic nem wey komon for Southern Ireland sins 1500 yias dem For Nova Scotia e get koneshon to Seafaring usethru Im fada wey bi kapten for ship.For lait 1870 Dem or eli 1880 dem, Benjamin Doane an im waif Mary, one nativ of South Carolina an an unreconstructed Rebelmuv go New York an establish one hom inside Manhattan for wie dem liv for som yia an bon dia pikin dem. Alice-Mary Doane gro up an do Im Eli edukehon for New York siti.Wen shi graduet from high skul, shi go Earlham Kolej for Richmond,Indiana,wey di korikulom folo di tins wey dey for Rilijon Sosaiti of Frend dem QuakersShi kom go stodi for im Masta digri for authtropology for di Yunifasiti of Illinois inside Urbana-Champaign. Na for dia shi mit MacEdward Leach,wey bi student of medievallitresho an philologyan wey kom get intres for folklore.E like Oral tradition of medieval folklorejus like Mari Ma-RYE-uh as dem dey kol am for British fashon,an shi tek as Im pen nem.Afta wen MacEdward Leach don get a Bashelor digri for 1916 an wey don komplit Im militri Davis for Wold War1,Im an Maria kom Mari for 1917 an dem muv go Baltimore wia bot of dem kom stat graduet stodi for John Hopkins. Maria kontiniu to dey stodi for doctorate for folklpre for 1918-19.For 1920 Im enta di Yunifasiti of Pennsylvania for Philadelphia an kom stat to dey tish as instrokto of Inglish. Afta som time,for 1924,Leach dem kom bikom parent of one boy-pikin, Macdonald,dia onli pikin. As e bi sey e jus bikom yong fada, MacEdward Leach kom get im doctorate for Inglish for 1930 an e kom join di fakoti of di Yunifasiti for 1931 as asistan Profeso of Inglish. 