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Andelin asked her family to send her their versions to the family folktale "the little girl who fell down the well." Included are 9 versions of the story from both her immediate family and her extended family. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Kristine Jesse collected personal narratives of lore about black people from the perspective of white people. Included are stories of women being unnecessarily frightened by black men entering an elevator, stereotypes of black people, and childhood memories about racist comments. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1989.

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Submitted by BYU student Megan Peterson for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains autobiographical sketch, cover essay, and informant interviews. About the BFA studio located in the Harrison Fine Arts Center. Includes interviews about the culture and folklore of the BFA Studio from decorating workspaces to classroom pranks.

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Roy McDaniel collected personal narratives about the folklore of Civil Engineering students. Included are stories about why informants became engineers, civil engineering jokes and humor, internship narratives, surveying narratives, stories about engineering mistakes, and miscellaneous narratives. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1996.

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Curtis collected folklore from two informants one from Venice Italy and one who served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy. Included are lore from Southern Italy, Italy in general, and Catholic lore, in each category includes cures for common ailments, ways to remove the evil eye, and traditions with customs. Project was created for English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.

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Paul Michael Mugerian collected personal narratives of lore surrounding people who sell women's shoes. Included are stories of initiation tricks and pranks, customer personifications, stories of sexual harassment, and stories of feet that were difficult to find shoes for. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1991.

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After becoming pregnant Faires became curious about and active in collected pregnancy lore. Included are physical changes in the pregnant woman, relations of mother's activities to the baby's physical health, how the mother's activities effect the baby's emotions, ways to determine the gender of the baby, and lore surrounding labor. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1977.

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Jensen collected jokes from her engineering professors that involve engineering. Included are jokes about physics, comics about speed, and bumperstickers with equations that are humorous. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Christopher E. Garrett collected stories of life on an Oregon farm as narrated by the three Henrikson sisters: Rose Ann, Valeda, and Heidi. Included are stories of pets and horses on the farm, entertainment and holidies, working on the farm, and a massive storm that hit the farm one Columbus day. Project was written an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1991.