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Strong discusses the power of food in family relationships. She describes her family's food traditions from their summers at their cabin in Idaho, and suggests that food has a bonding power because making it requires service, sacrifice, time, and love. Created by Elizabeth Strong when she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 392 course in Fall 2002.

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Terrill collects samples of vanity plates (personalized license plates) from across the United States. He believes that vanity plates fulfill three of Bascom's four folkloric functions: they educate other drivers about the vehicle owner's personality, they reinforce certain world views, and they serve as humorous release valves in traffic jams. Created by Harry Terrill when he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 course in Fall 2003.

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Collection of different types of recreational football games. Sechrist categorizes the games by means of the number and type of players. Football is understood to be a great part of American culture and therefore American folklore. Created by Adam Sechrist while he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class in fall semester of 2001.

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Submitted by BYU student Cliff Munson for his Fall 1984 English 391 class. About the variants of popular sports and games. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants and informant items. Items include variants of baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.

Scope and Contents Michele Critchfield collected personal narratives describing variants of the story of a Latter-day Saint missionary who was healed by an evil power rather than priesthood power. The variants all include a missionary who has an injury, is healed by a witch doctor or someone with the wrong kind of authority, and when the mission president realizes the mistake, he gives the missionary a blessing and the injured limb re-breaks. Project was written for an English 372 class taught at Brigham Young...

Scope and Contents Angela Ashurst collected variants of the story of sister missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being protected by divine messengers. Included are variants in which a sister missionary companionship teach a man who is a rapist or murderer, but doesn't harm them because of the strong men (sometimes several, of varying descriptions) who apparently accompanied them. Project was written for an English class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester...

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Derington analyzes the similarities and differences of rules to playing games amongst different folk groups. She discusses the popularity of games in most people's lives, as well as possible reasons a person or folk group might change the rules to games. Created by Becky Derington while enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during fall semester 2005.

Scope and Contents note Paul, intrigued by the differences in folklore that can be caused by age differences, set out to document a personal narrative of her brother, Kevin, who is 12 years younger than she. By comparing and contrasting his view of stories with adult views of the same stories, Paul explored the variations of each story as they apply to different culture and folklore of different generations. Created by Rebecca Paul while enrolled in Kristi Young's English 391 course during the winter semester 2007...

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Dye interviewed four Native American Indians from four different tribes to understand the culture of each better through their legends. Included are legends from the Ute culture, the Paiute culture, the Cheyenne culture and the Cherokee. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1971.

Scope and Contents note Sparks explores the art of ventriloquism, from its mystery shrouded infancy to its modern day uses of humor and entertainment. He further considers the modern day uses and what is needed in order to become a ventriloquist, or to hone your amateur skills. He gives an insider's view of the art by debunking any stereotypes surrounding it and what it really takes to do it. Created by Jason Sparks while enrolled in Kristi Young's English 391 course during winter semester 2007 at Brigham Young...