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Ferre collected folklore of the Brighton High School Men's track and cross country teams. Included are an explanation of the team phrase " Yifter is running in Ethiopia", the tradition of kissing both knees while stretching to discourage injury, and the team fad of wearing love bead necklaces to symbolize achievement or membership on the varsity team. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Lovstedt writes about humorous insults used primarily by teenagers. The jokes are all "Yo mama" jokes used to insinuate an exaggerated negative quality in a person's mother. Lovstedt was a student in English 391 at Brigham Young University in the fall semester of 2000.

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Thorup analyzes the emphasis in American culture on predicting and determining the futures of their lives. She then explores America's social mobility and how it effects traditions and games commonly played by American youth. Thorup concludes by exploring differences in gender and future-orientation. Created by Tammy Thorup when she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 392 Class in spring 2004.

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This project is a collection of personal narratives about near death experiences. The analysis discusses the common theme of death in many personal narratives and the fascination that human beings have with death. The collector also comments on the effects of the experiences in the informants' lives. Also comments on gender differences in near-death experiences. Includes twelve collected items. Collected by Sara Brown, Dr. Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2004.

Scope and Contents note Tanner discusses the actions and traditions initiated in each subject's family that made him/her feel that they were special and loved while growing up. Through the examination of both her own family members as well as students from across the United States who attend Brigham Young University, Tanner seeks to give the reader a more diverse collection of the happy memories of the childhoods of others. Created by Noelle Tanner while enrolled in Jill Rudy's English 391 course during fall...

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Blatter examined what and why people name their cars, and the stories behind the names. Included are stories of an indestructible car called The Beast, a slow car sarcastically named White Lightning, and a minivan known as the Mormonmobile. The paper was written for Dr. Rudy's English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents note Brown finds a connection between college students' practice of marking their food artistically and the older practices of ownership markings in cattle branding and heraldry. She believes that artistic markings of ownership often share several common themes: they involve artistic elaboration on a name, showcase symbols that represent hobbies or occupations of a family or person, indicate a person's values and desires, describe a person's physical characteristics, or allude to a person's...

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Suzuki collected information on why men wear and keep ugly neckties, believing that they do it to demonstrate fashion, personality, and to reflect on memories. Included are stories about and pictures of a tie with a Tazmanian devil playing basketball, a tie worn to remember a sister's wedding, and a bright floral tie given to a missionary by his sister that had the words "I love you" written on the end. Project was written for an Introduction to Folklore class in 1997.

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Lindsay collected legends about the athlete and Brigham Young University student Jimmer Fredette. Included are stories of his training from a young age, speculation as to which team he'd be drafted to after college, and discussion of "Jimmer Mania". Project was written for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2011.