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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.

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Averett collected humorous personal narratives from friends and family. Included are stories of a man zipping his pant fly up and accidentally catching the table cloth in it, a Stake President mouthing swear words at a driver in a fit of road rage, and a girl buying a drink at a drive through and driving away without it on accident. Project was collected for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2011 at Brigham Young University.

Scope and Contents note This project contains stories about family pets and pet humanization rituals. Analysis paper topics include: "Human Forms of Affection," "Revealing a Worldview" and "The Value and Impact of the Family Pet." This 11 item collection contains the following stories: Christmas morning with Grape the cat, family photo album featuring the family cat, greeting the cat, funeral for Mickey the gerbil, frozen puppies, Gizmo the dog goes to the bank, Sir Chunk Emerson Khan the dog and pig's ears, Nimue...

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Submitted by BYU student Thorpe Facer for his Winter 1980 English 391 class. About the folklore of the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah ("outside of Bountiful, Utah"). Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include variants on the bottle game, living legends, rules reinforcement, people caught stealing, customer dissatisfaction, drunk cowboys, and Mexican day.