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Young interviewed her friends to discover the origins of their names and if they were willing to share the story of their birth. Interviews were recorded on a video cassette.

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Carlson writes about customs, songs, and food used to celebrate birthdays in various families. Project was created for Dr. Jacqueline Thursby's English 356 class at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Walker collected traditions surrounding birthdays. Included are gift giving traditions, food preparation, and activities. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Jacqueline Atkinson collected personal narratives about prank folklore of sister missionaries in Japan serving for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories about sisters sticking marshmallows to elders bikes, stuffing wasabi into cookies to get back at elders who played a prank on two sisters, and covering a missionary's birthday cake with shaving cream. Project was written for an English class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Ryan collected traditions practiced by people around the world to celebrate birthdays. Included are the American traditions of picking a favorite dish for dinner and then eating cake, the Polynesian tradition of an extravagant luau, and descriptions of food at South American birthday celebrations. The project was collected for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of birthday traditions at restaurants. The analysis discusses how birthdays are a great source of folklore, falling into the three categories of folklore: verbal, material, and customary. Claims that eating at a restaurant for a birthday has become a tradition for many individuals. Topics include the following: Dining Out, Dynamism through Diversity and Individuality, Conservatism: Keeping Custom, and Valuing the Individual. Items collected cover traditions of...

Scope and Contents note Morgan collected information on moles and birthmarks and why they appear, and then asked people for their folk beliefs of why they appear. Included are the stories that the person got in a mud fight in heaven and didn't clean up all the way, that a birthmark is found on the first part of a baby to exit the womb, and the belief that birthmarks will appear if too many strawberries are eaten during pregnancy. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in...

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Taylor collected initiation stories involving food told by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of greenies (new missionaries) having to drink an entire gallon of milk in one hour without throwing up, being asked to drink a cup of coffee (really a coffee substitute), and being served a "greenie breakfast" of entirely green food. The paper was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Submitted by BYU student Robert Daines for his Winter 1987 English 392 class. About the jokes white males tell about the blacks in Apartheid South Africa. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include various violent jokes, jokes about black's physical characteristics, stereotypes, blacks as servants, apartheid, and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Rose Marie Reynolds for her Fall 1984 English 391 class. About how black jokes perpetuate stereotypes and unrealistic attitudes. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include jokes about the physical features of blacks, talents with a twist, favorite foods, societal value and black work ethics, sexual promiscuity, and perceptions of black intelligence.