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Miller collected creative date asking ideas from informants. Included are stories of people who asked with a plain cake and the flavor of the frosting would indicate a yes or no answer, boys serenading girls, and having a pizza delivered with a message spelled in olives.

Scope and Contents note Stevens recounts several different pranks played by missionaries in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He believes that missionaries play pranks as a release from the stress and heartache from preaching all day long, and as a result of their age (most are only 19). He suggests that pranks can also create bonds between fellow missionaries and between missionaries and the cultures they are part of. Created by Robin Stevens when she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 368...

Scope and Contents note Scott collects pregnancy advice exchanged between older and younger women, and analyzes the childhood games that deal with birth and babies. She believes that pregnancy advice comes from women's personal experiences with childbirth, and gain validity and legitimacy as a result of that personal experience. She finds that pregnancy advice is a folkloric domain almost entirely exclusive to women, and reflects the distinct separation of gender roles found in most cultures. She concludes by...

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Johnson interviewed her parents to collect folklore surrounding Millard County, Utah, and the small city of Delta. Included are stories of the severe snowstorms during the winter of '48-'49, church being canceled for a deer hunt, and a hermit that lived near Delta on Highway 6. Project was collected for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2009.

Scope and Contents note Explores Sanders' theory that "acceptance of food equals acceptance of the provider of the food" and that a guest's reception of food influences the way the hosts treats them. Discusses one informant who lived in China for several years, but who chose to serve family recipes instead of Chinese dishes when she wanted to impress guests. Describes three other examples of people who connect the approval of food to approval of the person who prepared the food or created the recipe. Created by...

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Rasmussen wrote an essay that examined the traditions of wedding receptions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are descriptions of different traditions and the reasons behind it as well as description of how the Latter-day Saint reception is different from a secular reception. Essay was written for Dr. Eliason's English 667 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Evans collected fairytales with strong female heroines. Included are an analysis of women's role in fairytales, and transcriptions of several traditional stories from around the world. The project was written for an English 391 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2010 at Brigham Young University.

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Collection of stories involving uncomfortable dates. Includes stories about awkward situations on dates, situations where the date himself was too forward or awkward to allow the date to be enjoyable, and stories about blind dates going poorly. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2007.

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Rachel Pery Low collected personal narratives of jokes that little boys tell. Included are jokes about animals, Knock Knock jokes, and miscellaneous jokes. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1995.

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Submitted by BYU student Phyllis Summers for her Fall 1981 English 391 class. About the Indo-Chinese refugees and their culture, and relationship with American sponsors. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include the myth and folk tales of the refugees, refugee traditions, refugee humor, arts and crafts, church refugee relationship, sponsor refuge relationships, and more.