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Patricia A. Geroff collected personal narratives of American Macedonian folklore. Included are stories of games, home remedies, superstitions, traditional Macedonian recipes, and a wedding ritual. Project was written for a Folklore F201 class taught in Fort Wayne, Indiana, during 1st semester 1966.

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Mull collected personal narratives describing supernatural experiences. Included are stories of a young girl seeing a white spirit of a girl sitting on a bed at girl's camp, four young people seeing the spirit of two boys' grandfather, and a cat getting very afraid and defensive and watching something invisible slowly pass through the kitchen. Project was written for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2010.

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Submitted by BYU student Sarah Riley for her English 391 course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Conatins cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews.

Scope and Contents note American pop culture plays a large role in reflecting American folklore and defining us as a people. Some of the most memorable and influential examples of pop culture are Disney, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and John Wayne. Discusses how American heroes represent the ideals and characteristics of America. Explains how people will carry on significant parts of pop culture to future generations. Created by Laura Butler while enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's American Folklore class during winter...

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Jones discusses the role of American Sign Language as a transmitter of deaf humor and shared sense of oppression. She concludes that deaf storytelling methodology and exclusivity serves to create group identity and acts as a release valve. Created by Lanni Jones, a student in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during Fall 2002.

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The project contains narratives about how people save money. These narratives are divided into three story types: thrifty means, saving for the future, and saving on spending. There are fifteen narratives contained in the project. Collected by Drew Hausen, Dr. Jacqueline Thursby's ENGL 356, Winter 2008.

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Collection of crash diets and where the person learned of the diet. Includes items about the color diet, water loading, chew and spit dieting, and the jell-o diet. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2007.

Scope and Contents note Identifies the following as reasons missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopt foreign culture folklore: aesthetic quality, to remind them of the people and culture they served among, to explain the culture to friends and family at home, to become more accepted members of the group among whom they serve, and as a social connection to other missionaries they served with. Explains that foreign folklore may be adopted by using the food of a culture, displaying...

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Goodson writes about myths, beliefs, art, proverbs, and pranks relating to cats. Included are axioms about cats, the role cats play in a household, and dangerous pranks that hurt cats. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University, 2000.