Scope and Contents note George evaluates her family's children's folklore in four specific groups in this project: stories, songs, nursery rhymes, and play songs and rhymes. Through each category, she shows how folklore does not only play an important role in her family, it also reflects on societal values as a whole. She concludes her research by emphasizing the importance of understanding her family's children's folklore as a means to not only understand it's significance in the family, but in society as a whole....

Scope and Contents note Describes how female college students use food to flirt, using food gifts to attract the attention of males. Hypothesizes that this is partly because of the traditional female gender role where women prepare food. Discusses the social aspect of eating. Explains that men use food as a means of showing or soliciting affection as well. Associates food in dating as an indicator of how competent each spouse will be in taking care of the other and of children in married life. Created by Jelka...

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Burden collected narratives of family members describing her grandfather's small grocery store. Included are stories of an employee who stole a chocolate bar and ate it in front of a child, a young daughter who accidentally wrote on many important checks, and the grandfather's dislike of the Halloween pumpkin display. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 2009.

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Julie M. Dent collected personal narratives from nursing students at Brigham Young University. Included are stories of interesting patients, difficult nursing situations, and most memorable injuries and illnesses observed. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1991.

Scope and Contents note Harris collects the stories of her maternal grandmother, Lucille Leatham Rudd, "a mother, a nurse, and a ranch woman." Harris explains that in her study of women in Western American literature, she found mostly stereotypes who didn't measure up to her cowgirl grandmother. She discusses the value of discrepancies between the actual life of a person and the way it is portrayed in memories or stories. Harris identifies three major groupings of narratives about her grandmother in this...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Leda Hall for her Winter 1977 English 392 class. About the elderly as a source of knowledge and stories that often go ignored. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant information about Lucille Richins and her stories about her life and Indian stories she was told as a girl in the early 1900s. Contains a story she was taught as a girl about two Indian boys, how the Native Americans cured meat, a Utah general trying to kill an Indian encampment,...

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Julia Hutchings collected personal narratives from her great-aunt Merle Kartchner Shumway. Included are stories of family history, Mormon folklore, and personal stories. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1991.

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This project looks at the folklore surrounding outsider musicians. An outsider is one who strays from the musical norm, away from mainstream music, and is one that favors more heartfelt, experimental music. Outsiders are also artists who keep their life shrouded in secret. The stories collected recount the lives and experiences of these outsiders that show the value of creativity, nonconformity, and love. Collected by Matt Beatty, Dr. Deirdre Paulsen's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2006.

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Kirry asked family and friends to recall sayings from their grandparents and under what circumstances they would be said. Included are stories to encourage children to behave, wives tales, and ways to influence children's eating habits. Project was created for Kristi Bell's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Young discusses how her project came to be through her friend Carrie Poole. She discusses the forms of folklore present in a nursing home, and the different roles they serve. Young relates personal narratives in three categories; cautionary tales, humorous stories, and uplifting stories. Young's collection comes from Idaho. Created by Emily Young when she was enrolled in Dr. Paulsen's English 391class in winter 2002.