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Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Joanna Gardner, who collected information from her sister, Sara Beth Newton. Recipe found by Sara's husband, since then a family favorite.

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Packham collected April Fool's day pranks that his friends had either played or encountered. Included are pranks from a bus driver telling children famous baseball players getting traded on an important game day, prank on roommate creating a mess, pranks on siblings involving smelly water, and fake lottery tickets. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Rose collected April Fools jokes played by friends and family. Included are a mother putting plastic wrap in the pancakes, a wife making her husband a joke lunch, and a sister lacing her brother's shoes backwards. The project was collected for Dr. Thursby's English 356 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Dennis has collected stories about experiences with homeless people. Most people view the homeless as crazy, liars, or unfortunate people who deserve charity. Dennis has found that although some of the negative attitudes about homelessness are justified, the homeless are hard working and serve a function in society. Created by Rachel Dennis while enrolled in English 391 during fall semester of 2006 at Brigham Young University.

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Hall interviewed his grandmother and two great aunts to learn more about his great grandparents, Archibald and Mary May Harris. Included are stories of Archibald's strict parenting, his service as a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Mary's cooking and organization skills. The paper was written for an English 655 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Valenza collected songs traditionally sung by families on roadtrips and other times together. Included are the songs "Mares Eat Oats", "I Am Henry the Eighth I am", and "Happy Hippopotamus". The project was collected for an English 391 class taught by Kristi Bell at Brigham Young University in 2004.

Scope and Contents note This project takes a look into the present state of oral folklore. The analysis claims that storytelling is an important part of social interaction and compares it to the historical role of a bard. Also comments on the collector's personal interest in storytelling, the methodology in collecting the information, and the cultural context. Also details each informant and how these stories make them storytellers. Collection of folklore items include personal narratives and follow-up questions...

Scope and Contents note Stoltenburg explores the realms of children's folklore, specifically focusing on scary stories. She discusses the difficulty of obtaining folklore from children and the similarities in the children's folklore she collected. Stoltenburg then studied adults and their recollections of childhood memories. She did this through interviewing young men serving as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Created by Katherine...

Scope and Contents note Explores reasons why groups of people gather to tell scary stories. Explains that each scary story includes some kind of other-worldly being such as a ghost, and natural occurrences. Mentions that these stories must also contain some element of credibility. Identifies some reasons for telling scary stories as entertainment, to warn against certain behaviors, and emotional catharsis. Discusses how fear influences people to change their behavior or habits. Created by Jennie Anderson while she...

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Cathleen Ressler collected personal narratives about shivaree, a wedding tradition in which family members and friends interrupt the newly wed couple before, during, or after their wedding night. Included are stories of early 20th century shivaree and later 20th century shivaree. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young Universtiy during Winter semester 1993.