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Folklore Food
Bradon Thomason
This project examines food as an example of familial and regional folklore in Utah
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Sophisticated Scares: An Analysis of Scary Stories
Abigail Tree
This paper argues that scary stories follow a sophisticated oral narrative pattern, which reveal the concerns of contemporary society
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Online Meme Community of Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Clelland Ukiah Reynolds
About an online community known as Community of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. This paper examines how folklore is used to create community.
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Text Posts as Folk Ethnopoetics
Tracy Vogel
About grammar in social media. A PowerPoint focusing on how living internet grammar clarifies performance to the reader, similar to an ethnopoetic score.
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When I Grow Up: An Analysis of Emerging Desire of Belonging and Career Paths
Clara Welge
About the careers that people envisioned they would pursue as children and the careers that are currently pursuing as adults. This paper examines how folk groups influence individual career paths.
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Culture Beliefs in the Transition to Marriage
Bryton Wilson
About BYU student courting experiences. Includes interviews on dating, engagement, proposing, and the wedding celebration.
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Hungry Ghosts
Ming Li Yew
About supernatural events that have occurred during Hungry Ghost Festivals
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On Lullabies
Jane Athay
This is a discussion of lullabies and their purposes seen through a family tradition.
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Brown Family Wordplay
Miriam Brown
Brown family wordplay. This shows how wordplay plays an important role in my family's humor traditions.
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The Sanderson Wampus Cat
Sarah Buckner
Collection of Sanderson Wampus Cat stories and illustrations.
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Hospital Stay During the COVID Pandemic
Emilee Carr
A patient describes how his non-COVID related hospital stay and care was affected by the regulations of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Korean Folklore in My Family
Michelle Chambers
Korean family stories, customs, and beliefs. This paper focus on how such folklore reflects on Korea and its people.
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Crocheted Blankets Project
Andrew Cheney
This project analyzes the patterns in color, design, use, passing on, and value of crocheted blankets.
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Dad Jokes
Kaylee Cox
A collection of Dad Jokes. The paper explores the elements of a dad joke and why it persists as a prominent tradition about fathers.
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Ancestry folklore
Tyler Davis and Margaret Clark
Family folklore about past ancestors used to teach lessons.
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Opening Your Mission Call: Tradition vs. Opinion
Louisa Eastley and Lauren Blair
Stories of Latter-day Saints opening mission calls. This paper explores the role of culture versus personality in the decision to open their mission call publicly or privately.
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Cinderella Adaptations
Amanda Ferrin
A collection of Cinderella adaptation narratives.
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The Purpose of Christmas
Helaman Flores
Customs involving Christmas especially among Latter-day Saint young adults.
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The MTC Cat and Other Folklore of the Provo Missionary Training Center
Cambree Fogg
Stories, traditions, and legends about the Provo Missionary Training Center.
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Folklore and Role-Playing Games
Reed Gardner
Favorite memories of role-playing games. This paper looks at role-playing games as folklore and what it means to people.
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Interviews about mask wearing at the beginning the of the COVID-19 pandemic
Sarah Gensel
About the thoughts and beliefs surrounding mask wearing during the early months of the pandemic.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Conspiracies
Madelyn Grose
A golf professional discusses the conspiracy theories he heard on the golf course by fellow patrons.
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The Effect of COVID-19 on Children and Young Adults
Elizabeth Hellewell
A child discusses the regional impacts of COVID-19 in Maryland while a young adult shares her experience living in both Washington and Utah.
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