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Submitted by BYU student Kay Williford for her Fall 1973 class. About the relationship between the jokes told about negroes and the prejudice against them. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include various jokes about prejudice such as dredging the Mississippi, Trolling for alligators, Hitching a ride, Abe Lincoln, "Smarts", Worcestershire Sauce, Cheeseburgers and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Cheri Ann Wilson for her Fall 1974 English 391 class. About how much folklore the Ohio-West Virginia mission has. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, informant items. Items include legends such as the Landlady and the weekly planners, Martin's Holler, Elder and Sister married, peculiar terms such as trunky, tripping, S.L.Y., Dear John's, various jokes, evil spirit story, vanishing hitchhiker, and various songs.

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Submitted by BYU student Clyde B. Wilson for his Winter 1976 English 392 class. About the folklore of the LDS mission-field throughout various parts of the world. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant list, and informant items. Items include initiation rites such as man in uniform, chocolate mlk, a Japanese bath is not a pool, Non-Alcoholic sangria, language stories, and unauthorized trips.

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Submitted by BYU student for her Fall 1971 English 391 class. About the children folklore, specifically rhymes, that the author collected from her children. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include rhymes for opening presents, jumprope, walking, counting-out, teasing songs, thymes that express various emotions, and then entertaining lore and jokes.

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Submitted by BYU student Kent Wilson for his Spring 1969 English 391 class. About the various legends and folklore of Utah. Contains a list of informants, cover essays, and informant items. Items include Outlaw legends, Porter Rockwell legends, Folk humor, legends of Indians, and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Alexis Winger for her Fall 1970 English 391 class. About the U.S. Army and it's folklore, specifically the Vietnam war. Contains a cover essay, list of informants, and informant items. Items include folk speech and naming, initiation rites, proverbial phrases, legends, songs, jokes and more.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Ann Winterton for her Fall 1974 English 391 class. About the category of racially derogatory jokes and why people are hesitant to tell them, but not others, like jokes about Polish people. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include various jokes about African Americans like truck driver, Texan in a casino, Rasus and Liza, The White Foreman, as well as jokes about Polish people such as The Light Bulb, What's...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Peggy Wiseman for her Fall 1976 English 391 class. About the various flood stories of Rexburg and Sugar City in Idaho. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant list, and informant items. Items include stories like This is a dedicated farmer here, She said I was crazy, We're on Fire, He Figured it was no big deal, That guy looked kind of blank, He was praying, Pres. Kimball had a meeting, A house on stilts, a joke, Dry Cleaners burns, What shall we...

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Submitted by BYU student Ruth Ann Wiseman for her Winter 1974 English 391 class. About the diversions young Mormon people use during sacrament meeting when the speaker is boring. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include cat's cradle, hand play, handkerchiefs, hymnbooks, paper drawings, paper folding, notes, pencil and paper games, sacrament cups and bread, and extra activites.

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Submitted by BYU student Marion Wixom for her Fall 1975 English 391 class. About the author's family history, the stories that she was told growing up. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant lists, and informant items. Items include Miracles Aid in Conversion, Plural Marriage, Teasing Daughters, Legalizing Revenge, Crossing the Plains, Lazy Hired Man, How to kill a Bear, Summation, My Astrology, Go to Father, and more.