Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Enid McCauley for her/his Summer 1971 English 391 class. About youth's "scare stories" and their psychological implications and effects. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts and informant's scary stories. Stories include people communicating through Ouija boards, boy scouts disappearing, Mary Worth, the ghost of a murdered girl at a party, other ghostly hitchhikers, a dead lady opening her casket, the babysitter with the mysterious...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student David G. McLellan for his Winter 1976 English 392 class. A collection of missionary stories from David E. Summers, who served in Illinois. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstract and informant stories. Stories include initiation rites such as a "phony" transfer, the numbered prayers, the jealous husband, famous missionaries that included Peter James and Curly, elders who participated in a race and got in trouble, two Elders who tried to...

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Submitted by BYU student Sheila McCleve for her Fall 1970 English 391 class. About the motives behind humor, and how Pollack jokes (persecution or discriminatory jokes) fit into it. Contains a cover essay, informant abstracts, and informant jokes. Jokes include "keeping busy", how a pollack scratches his back, the new car jokes, pickle jar, deodorant, toilet paper, crap on shoulder, how on married a dog, and more.

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Submitted by student Melody McClure for her 1977 Winter semester. About the jokes and brain-teasers that U.S. servicemen used to pass the time. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstract and informant's brain teasers. Brain teasers include the missionary and the cannibals, the amoeba, the sheik's will, the convertible, Bill and Susan, the elevator and more.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Judi McConkie for her Summer 1969 English 391 class. About the humor of children in remedial summer reading classes. Contains a cover essay, list of informants, and the children's items. Items include riddles such as Why is a Cook Mean? What does a Ghost Drink? the Difference between a hill and a pill? many more riddles, and off-color jokes like What did the Burp say to the Other Burp? and others, jokes such as the three tortoises, the lion's claw, the rabbit in the...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Marilyn McEwan for her Spring 1972 English 391 class. About Marilyn McEwan's mother being an active passer of tradition, and the traditions that she shares. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstract and informant items. Items include songs like "just Plain Folks", "I don't want to play in your yard", parodies such as "I wear my pink pajamas", "kimona", "Jesus once was a little child", and more, as well as proverbial sayings such as "Cry on...

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Submitted by BYU student Delbert McFadden for his Summer 1969 English 391 class. A collection of epitaphs as they occur on headstones in cemeteries in Provo and Salt Lake City. Contains a cover essay, subject statistics, and the collected epitaphs. Epitaphs include Religous epitaphs, Commonly occuring epitaphs, Rest epitaphs, General epitaphs, Hope, Loss, Attributes, Sons and Daughters, Latter Day Saints and more.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Kathy McHenry for her Spring 1972 English 391 class. About rich source of esoteric folklore that is the airplane flight crew's stories. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts, esoteric language of flight crews, and informant items. Items include an initiation to Europe, an engineer giving Kathy McHenry a rose in the shower, other initiation stories, dangerous moments on the flights, ball lightning, "turkeys" on flight, and more...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Nancy McOmber for her Spring 1969 English 391 class. About prevalence of a firm belief in Satan among Mormons, and what they think about the workings of Satan. Contains a cover essay, informant abstracts, and informant items. Items include missionaries' tales of experiences with the devil, such as the Spirit in the Cellar or possessed Elders or men, Gadianton appearing and more, as well as satanic tales among church members, such as prayers to satan or a figure at...

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Submitted by BYU student C. Janean McPolin for his/her Fall 1969 English 391 class. A collection of epitaphs from Provo, Heber, and Springville in Utah. Contains a cover essay and collected epitaphs. Genres of epitaphs include those lauding the virtue of the dead, epitaphs spoken by voices from the dust, grief and sadness, peace and rest, afterlife, hope of an afterlife, and hope of a glorious resurrection.