 Enid_Porter  Na for Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, dey bon Enid Mary Porter on October 8, 1908. E papa nem na Hugh Porter an e mama nem na Ethel Mary Porter. Enid papa Hugh, kom from Bedford an e du e tisha tranin at a hiya-grade skul for Cambridge. E papa dey tish bifor for Southend High School. Enid mama Ether Mary  bifor e mari e papa nem na Scott kom from di famili wey don tey for Cambridge sins Seventeen senturi. Bikos of e mama famili histri, Enid dey go visit e mama famili memba for Cambridge an e sabi di aria wel wel. Enid dey always dey rekod tradishonal tori wey e mama famili memba dey tel am. Di Portel famili-dem rili go skul wel wel an get pipul wey dey wok for dem onti di fest wold war stat. Afta wey Enid go rid modern langwej at Yunivasiti Kolej London  na inside di yunivasiti di Folklore Sosaheti Librari dey sins 1911. Enid folo e papa an kolet tranin at di Katolik Tranin Kolej, London an den stat to dey tish for difren difren skul onti di sekod wold war stat. 