Folklore
Found in 5056 Collections and/or Records:
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without : Grandma Ivie's recipes / by Jaci Baughman Thomas, 1998
Thomas writes about her grandmother's recipes for laundry soap and family customary foods. Includes bread recipes, recipes for sweets, and sides. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 1998.
Using humorous openings for Mormon sacrament meeting talks / Robert J. Cunningham, 2002
Project is a collection of jokes that are told at the beginning of sacrament meeting talks given on Sundays. By using the art of humor effectively one can see an increase in understanding the topic at hand and also find it edifying. Created by Robert J. Cunningham when he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in the Spring of 2002.
Utah coal-mining lore : a sample from Provo-Orem / Jan Tueller, 1975
Submitted by BYU student Jan Tueller for her April 1975 English 392 class under Dr. Wilson. About the history and folklore of traditional coal-mining in Utah, as part of the National Science Foundation grant research of the socio-economic study of coal-mining and farming towns in the U.S. and Canada. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informants, and informant items. Items include syaings, customs, expressions, stories, songs, legends, beliefs, and attitudes.
Utah County : early schools (also early buildings) / Sally M. Stead, 1970
Submitted by BYU student Sally M. Stead for her Spring 1970 English 391 class. About the Utahn architecture from 1860 - 1915, mostly school buildings. Contains a cover essay and collected pictures of items. Items range from American Fork Jr. High building, to Benjamin, to Provo, Brigham Young Academy building, the Maeser building, Orem Elementary, Peteetneet, and more.
Utah county grave markers / Kristine S. Sturgill, 1980
Submitted by BYU student Kristine S. Sturgill for her Fall 1980 English 391 class. A collection of headstones and epitpaphs in Utah county, particularly those to do with the Masons. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and collected epitaphs. Epitaphs include sayings about the sun, the sun and the open book, the sun and the rose, the sun and handsclaps, and the sun and the all-seeing eye.
Utah folkculture : creative asking for dates / Michelle Jensen , 1990
Michelle Jensen collected personal narratives of creative ways to ask for a date. Included are stories of invitations that involved clever plays on words, quirky humor, or extravagant plans. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1990.
Utah lore / Mark Haugo, 1981
Submitted by BYU student Mark Haugo for his Winter 1981 English 392 class. About the folklore of the Latter-day saints in Utah from various perspectives. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include stories like The Hook, The monster of Bear Lake, The Ghoul of Great Salt Lake, First Utahn Hanged Gives Own Funeral Oration, She wanted to be alone, and more.
Utah traditions of creative dating / Don MacArthur, 1999
MacArthur interviewed friend and family about creative dating traditions. Included are creative ways to ask others for a date as well as creative activities to do on dates. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught in 1999.
Utah Valley folklore / James A. Kleparek, 1977
Submitted by BYU student James A. Kleparek for his Winter 1977 English 392 class. About the origin and then current status of Utah Valley Mormon folklore. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts and informant items. Items include "The Gold Rush Vision", "The Toothless Cow", "Indians for Dinner", "Sunflower face", "The Lost Wallet", "Grandpa Gleason's Gloves", "The Bedtime Song", "The Vanishing Woman", "The Second Wife", and much more.
V3 sauce t : a true folk-group / Michael Dunn, 2000
Dunn writes about the Desert Towers V-Hall 3rd floor men at Brigham Young University and the special traditions that bind them together. Included are traditions, stories, and sayings unique to the group. Project was created for Professor Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.