1956 in the oral tradition in Sokorópátka

Adél Vehrer Ph.D. is an ethnographer and
associate professor at the Széchenyi István
University. In 2002 she became a doctor
of ethnography and cultural anthropology
after defending her dissertation titled
„Knights Templars in the European Folklore”,
receiving summa cum laude honour. This
work was published under the same title by
Gondolat Publisher in 2004 and became a
bestseller. As part of her work conducted as
a lecturer and researcher she has published six books so far: she
processed the life story of Lajos Tuba, a peasant in Sokorópátka,
titled „I have lived through five worlds”, later on she wrote a college
textbook titled „Folk Culture” (2003) then her book „History of the
Castle on the Bell Ringer Hill in the Oral Tradition in Sokorópátka”
came out (2003). She published her book „The Legend of Knights
Templar in the Oral Tradition in Sokorópátka” in 2007, and, finally,
her book „Folk Culture – Basics of Ethnography” came out in 2009.
She comes from Sokorópátka and she has been collecting and
seeking for ethnographic treasures of her native land since her
childhood. For her work she received the Dr. Pál Kovács Award
for General Education of Győr-Moson-Sopron County in 2012. The
Students’ Council of the Széchenyi István University awarded the
Prize „Lecturers for Students” to her for her educational work in
2017. She has been a member of the Public Body of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences since 2004. Her research covers especially
folk poetry within folklorism but in the past few years she was
specialized in transfer of knowledge and values between generations and the processes of passing down traditions as well.