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Box 8

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Bleeps and bloopers by Spanish speaking missionaries / Daniel Page, 1984

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 82
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories about the mistakes and word substitutions that come when learning Spanish as a second language. Includes bloopers with a sexual theme, on being human, and other faux pas. Created for Utah State University's English 459 course in the spring quarter, 1984.

Dates: 1984

Colored humor : a look at ethnic jokes / Kathy J. Page, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 83
Scope and Contents

Collection of jokes that use an ethnic group as their theme. Includes jokes about African Americans, Hispanics, Italians, people of a Polish descent, and people coming from a mixed heritage. Created for Utah State University's Mormon Folklore course in spring, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Folk medicine and traditions / Lisa Palmer, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 84
Scope and Contents

Collection of folk cures and remedies. Includes cures for aches, colds, coughs, as wells as family traditions that surround holidays. Created for Utah State University's folklore 124 course in fall, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Children's games and pastimes / Virginia C. Parker, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 85
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories about children's games from various generations. Includes hide and seek, role playing games, tags, picking who goes first, jump rope rhymes, and hopscotch. Created for Utah State University's History 423 course in the winter quarter, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Undating : the folklore of adolescence / Cynthia H. Parrish, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 86
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories and games related to adolescence. Includes games played at parties, jokes told amongst friends, and customs that the age group participates in. Created for Utah State University's Western Folklore History 524 course, winter, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Pearce family folklore / Dikie Pearce, 1980

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 87
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories passed down in the Pearce family. Includes stories about being a sheriff in a new settlement, the wild west and family folksongs. Created for Utah State University in spring, 1980.

Dates: 1980

Dormitory pranks / Terri L. Perkins, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 88
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories of pranks that are played in girls college dormitories. Includes phone pranks, bedroom pranks, clothing pranks, door pranks, bathroom pranks, and food pranks. Created for Utah State University's Folklore of Utah English 459 course in the spring quarter, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Those crazy California hunters! : a collection of California hunter stories / Reid A. Petersen, 1982

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 89
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories involving California hunters, and their lack of skill. Includes stories of rituals, shooting the wrong animal, and mishaps. Created for Utah State University's History 526 course, fall, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Folklore games of children and young adults / Kirk K. Peterson, 1984

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 90
Scope and Contents

Collection of childhood games played. Includes the rules for red rover, marbles, no bears, steal the flag, fox and chickens, hatni-I-over, and sharks and fish. Created for Utah State University's Utah Folklore course in the spring quarter, 1984.

Dates: 1984

Child abduction stories / Mary Kay Peterson, 1983

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 91
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories involving child abductions and the story-teller's reactions to the tale. Includes stories about children taken from malls using disguises, children taken from malls by tranquilizing the child, abductions from amusement parks, and attempted abductions from restrooms as well as stories about abduction paranoia. Created for Utah State University's English 423 course in the winter quarter, 1983.

Dates: 1983