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Izant writes about initiation practices used by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to mark significant time periods in their missions. Included are traditions of the "greenie," the "bump, hump, and slump" and "dying days" to indicate the difference of traditions throughout the missionary's journey. Collected for Dr. Jacquieline Thursby's English 391 class at Brigham Young University winter semester 2002.

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Hales discusses her family's Christmas traditions in light of their Danish heritage. She describes various advent calendars, decorations, and food used to celebrate the month before Christmas. She also discusses the traditions surrounding the actual Christmas day that her mother experienced while growing up in Denmark. The projected written for Dr. Thursby's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University during the winter semester 2002.

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Barrus writes about legends related to Ouija boards including ghost stories, possession stories, and superstitions involving the game. Informants report stories that they heard from others who had first hand experiences with Ouija boards. Barrus was a student in Dr. Thursby's English 391course taught at Brigham Young University in 2002.

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Young writes about the multi-faceted lore of firefighters in Mountain View, California. Includes descriptions of the fire-house furniture, firefighter helmets decorations, and pranks that firefighters play on each other. Young was a student in English 391 at Brigham Young University in 2002.

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Caten looks at childhood fears experiences by members of her family. Includes fears that were started from movies, fears of other family members, and fears that started when an older sibling played a prank on the informant. Caten was a student in Dr. Thursby's English 391 course at Brigham Young University in 2002.

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Anthony collected lies that people often share. Included are lies told to get out of social situations, white lies to be polite, wives tales, and childhood fears sparked by lies. Anthony was a student in Dr. Thursby's English 356 course taught at Brigham Young University during the Winter semester 2002.

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Morse looks at the significance of names given to people. She details how names were chosen based on family ancestry, the parent's favorite movie names, locations that the baby was born at, and the way the name sounded. Interview's were gather during Dr. Thursby's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in the winter semester 2002.

Scope and Contents note After a lifetime of struggling with frequent bouts of the hiccups Troyer researched cures for the common muscle spasm to see if any cures would aid her. She collected rituals, breathing techniques, food and drink combinations that were all supposed to help stop the hiccups. She reported that, though many of the tricks did not work, during her project her hiccups subsided. Troyer was completed the project as part of Kristi Bell's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University during...

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Kindred writes about the perceptions male missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have for female missionaries of the same faith. Kindred includes perceptions of the reasons sisters choose to go on missions, both positive and negative stereotypes of sister missionaries, and attitudes toward returned sister missionaries. Kindred was a student in Kristi Bell's English 391 course in the Winter Semester of 2004.