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  • Menstrual Folklore by Claire Manwaring

    Menstrual Folklore

    Claire Manwaring

    A collection of menstrual folklore. Includes nicknames, material culture, personal narratives, and more.

  • Edible Tradition: Food, Folklore, and the Latter-day Saint Missionary by Noelle Marley

    Edible Tradition: Food, Folklore, and the Latter-day Saint Missionary

    Noelle Marley

    Stories about LDS missionaries encountering foreign food traditions and customs.

  • The perspective of a Radiation Oncologist on Covid-19 measures and their effects in hospitals by Abigail McBride

    The perspective of a Radiation Oncologist on Covid-19 measures and their effects in hospitals

    Abigail McBride

    About how a hospital responded to COVID-19. This interview particularly focuses on safety regulations and their effects upon patient care.

  • Stories of five Covid-19 Survivors by Dallyn H. McCracken

    Stories of five Covid-19 Survivors

    Dallyn H. McCracken

    Five people share their personal experiences about either having the virus or living in a pandemic society.

  • The folklore of fanfiction by Tanner McVey and Heather Thomsen

    The folklore of fanfiction

    Tanner McVey and Heather Thomsen

    A collection of tags and stories from fanfiction. This paper suggests that fanfiction and the tags used to identify it, are folklore.

  • Houghton Family Pie-lore by Tess Mika

    Houghton Family Pie-lore

    Tess Mika

    The traditions and stories about pie that run through the Houghton family.

  • I Have Exorcised the Demons, This House is Clear - Folk Ordinances of Casting Out Spirits by Colton T. Murray

    I Have Exorcised the Demons, This House is Clear - Folk Ordinances of Casting Out Spirits

    Colton T. Murray

    An analysis of memorates concerning the folk ordinances and beliefs of casting out spirits or ghosts among Latter-day Saints and Utah residents.

  • Porter Rockwell by Spencer Nelson

    Porter Rockwell

    Spencer Nelson

    Short documentary film about the folk hero Porter Rockwell.

  • Brunettes, Redheads, and Blondes Meet Careers, Construction, and Cars: An Analysis of 17 Blonde Jokes by Natalya Nielsen

    Brunettes, Redheads, and Blondes Meet Careers, Construction, and Cars: An Analysis of 17 Blonde Jokes

    Natalya Nielsen

    This project focuses on blonde jokes and the analysis of recently collected ones.

  • New Year's Traditions within the Deep South by Lucy Nielson

    New Year's Traditions within the Deep South

    Lucy Nielson

    This project is about New Years Traditions in the Deep South of the United States.

  • COVID-19 Journal of a Sister Missionary by Kelsi Niepraschk

    COVID-19 Journal of a Sister Missionary

    Kelsi Niepraschk

    A journal that documents the personal experiences of one sister missionary during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Newcomb Family Games by Megan Niu

    Newcomb Family Games

    Megan Niu

    Rules to various folk games as shared by a middle-class American family. This paper focuses on how Folklorist Eleanor Long theory about tradition bearers apply to the games and the role that games play within the Newcomb family.

  • Family Game Night and House Rules Folklore by Megan Nusink

    Family Game Night and House Rules Folklore

    Megan Nusink

    Interviews with people talking about their traditions regarding family game night and their unique house rules.

  • Stories of a man in Mexico by Amy Ottinger and Edgardo Vasquez

    Stories of a man in Mexico

    Amy Ottinger and Edgardo Vasquez

    Stories about a man who grew up in hard times in Mexico and the lessons he learned. It includes a police officer's experiences during the ""Mexican Dirty War.""

  • Food and Kitchen Disasters by Delaney Paul and Jean Paul

    Food and Kitchen Disasters

    Delaney Paul and Jean Paul

    The stories people tell about disasters in the kitchen or about food in general.

  • Shumlore: An Example of Classroom Community from Dr. Steven Shumway by Maren Pehrson and Steven Shumway

    Shumlore: An Example of Classroom Community from Dr. Steven Shumway

    Maren Pehrson and Steven Shumway

    This paper explores how Dr. Shumway, a Technology and Engineering Education professor at BYU, uses folklore in the classroom.

  • The Karen Gold Book Legend by Adrienne Powell

    The Karen Gold Book Legend

    Adrienne Powell

    This paper highlights the relationships between The Book of Mormon and a Karen legend describing a golden book.

  • COVID Pandemic Interview by Ashley Rands

    COVID Pandemic Interview

    Ashley Rands

    A collection of Covid-19 memes and interviews. The interview highlights higher education during the pandemic.

  • Missionary Folklore: Legends and Initiations by Liberty Reid

    Missionary Folklore: Legends and Initiations

    Liberty Reid

    Stories about missionary experiences, specifically focusing on legends and initiations. A total of fifteen (15) stories from twelve (12) different individuals. These stories come from missionaries who have served worldwide.

  • Cinderella Dressed in Yella by Acacia Ricks

    Cinderella Dressed in Yella

    Acacia Ricks

    A collection and the analysis of children's recess rhymes.

  • Buggy Biscuits and Rubber Ducks: A Collection of Programmer Folklore by Melissa Robertson

    Buggy Biscuits and Rubber Ducks: A Collection of Programmer Folklore

    Melissa Robertson

    A collection of programming proverbs, jokes, legends, and coding traditions.

  • Droodles by Emmett Rock

    Droodles

    Emmett Rock

    A collection of droodles.

  • Disobedient Missionary Stories by Terrin Snelgrove

    Disobedient Missionary Stories

    Terrin Snelgrove

    Stories about Latter-day Saint missionaries who were disobedient to the law, the commandments or mission rules.

  • My Name is... by Mikayla Stevens

    My Name is...

    Mikayla Stevens

    Stories of how people got their first and middle names.

  • Documenting the Pandemic with the Young and Elderly by Ben Stone

    Documenting the Pandemic with the Young and Elderly

    Ben Stone

    Two seniors and one young boy describe their experiences with work, school, and family during the COVID-19 pandemic

 
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