Scope and Contents note The author describes her grandparents' experience serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nepal. Describes three aspects of Nepalese culture: religion, social structures and gender issues, and tribal medical practices. Mentions the Nepalese practice of astrology and the belief that certain animals like snakes and cows are holy. Discusses the use of Shamans (a kind of tribal doctor) in Nepal. Describes some of the social practices in Nepal that treat women in...

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Sorensen prepared a report about the purposes and origins of children's rhymes and lullabies. Included are various rhymes, their intended purpose, and how they fulfill that goal. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of children's hand-clapping games and the role they play in making friends from other countries, such as Canada and Venezuala. The analysis discusses how children's games provide stability. Also discusses the collector's experience in using games to teach her nephews about vital social skills and simple lessons. Also discusses how children can teach each other hand-clapping games from other countries. Includes a 14 item collection of hand-clapping games, mostly...

Scope and Contents note This project contains descriptions of how various foods can cure common ailments. Analysis paper topics include: "Types of Food Remedy Traditions," "Family Traditions," "Cultural Traditions," "Reasons Foods are used as Remedies," "Coincidental Associations," "Blind Traditions," "Rejection or Lack of Access to Modern Medicine," and "Actual Effectiveness." This 18 item collection includes the following folk remedies: peanut butter for hiccups, orange juice and water for influenza, powdered...

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Submitted by BYU student Michael J. Petersen for his Fall 1988 English 391 class. About how jokes reflect many aspects of society, especially the racial slurs. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include Pollacks being worthless to society, good aspects being overshadowed by the bad, Pollack as a big dumb athlete, and the pollack as a dirty filthy person.

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Fergus explored patterns found on tombstones in the Provo City Cemetery and what the similarities are between various gravestones. Included are images of tombstones with comparisons of flat markers, raised block markers, urn motifs, tablets, double stones, and vaults. Project was created for an English 391 in 1970.

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Callister collected good luck traditions practiced by athletes to improve their performance while competing. Included are wearing a lucky pair of underwear, tapping the golf club to the tee box on the first hole, and eating cream of wheat and a power bar before a race. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Submitted by BYU student Dixie Pearce for her Summer 1970 Folklore class under Dr. Wilson. About the types throughout the different eras of silos, barns, and sheds, and the various types observed throughout the Wasatch front. Includes a cover essay, description of barn types, and the collected photographs of items. Photographs include those of Dutch-slant barns, different types of silos, houses from the 1800s and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Paige Tidwell for her May 1971 English 397 (391?) class. About the folklore of the "typical Mormon" family the Whatcotts. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include J. Golden Kimball stories, various sayings of his, Jacob Hamblin, various folk wisdom sayings that have been passed down through their family, various Mormon beliefs and more.

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Cronin interviewed Agatha Mannering about her personal beliefs and narratives that are folklore. Included are items in healing lore, dream lore, psychic lore, death lore, dowing lore, and spiritual warnings. Interview with Mrs. Mannering was in October 1977.