Jerrilyn McGregory

Jerrilyn McGregory is a professor of African American folklore at Florida State University and an author. She wrote ''Wiregrass Country'' and ''Downhome Gospel; African American Spriritual Activism in Wiregrass Country''. She has been researching celebrations of Boxing Day in the Caribbean.

Stephen Shearon in a 2012 review in ''American Music'' described the book as "significant and insightful, but flawed". Her book includes coverage of Maypole plaiting. Provided by Wikipedia