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Elvire-Louise-Léonarde de Preissac, comtesse de Cerny, known as Elvire de Cerny (1818-1899) was a French writer and folklorist.[1][2]
She lived near Dinan for many years and wrote about Breton folklore in local newspapers.[1] Her book Contes et légendes de Bretagne (1856-1898) was published in 1899 (helped by François Duine ) and reprinted several times, including in 1995.[3] Her 1861 work Saint-Suliac et ses traditions : contes et légendes d'Ille-et-Vilaine was reprinted in 1987.[4] The Breton folklorist Paul Sébillot is said to have called her "la doyenne du folklore français".[1]
She was a proponent of the theory that Napoleon was not born in Corsica but in Brittany, where he was allegedly baptised in the church of Sainte-Sève.[5]
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