Box 45
Contains 24 Results:
Richards, Jeff
"The Mormons Take Revenge: Dusting of Feet and Other Missionary Stories"; Oral Tradition--Mormon missionary stories and legends concerned with revenge.
Sanders, Kirsten
"Folklore Collection"; Less known Oral, Customary and Material Culture folklore from Sanpete County detailed with annotations and photographs; Sanpete County, Utah (photos).
Shaw, Jennifer
"Proper and Prim"; Oral Tradition--off-color fraternity songs: slam songs, Animal House songs, songs about fictional individuals, pro-fraternity song; (Informants at) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Short, Calli
"Fly Fishing as a Traditional Event"--The author's informant talks about his involvement with fly fishing as an aesthetic experience, the importance of fishing in his life, and the separation of the serious fly fisher from the slummers. Idaho (2 cassettes).
Smith, Annabelle L.
"Wood Carving in the Smith House"; Material Culture--author's father, William J. Smith, carves wooden figures and decorative items as a hobby. Tools and techniques described as well as carver's background; Salt Lake City, Utah (10 photos, 1 cassette).
Thomsen, J. Kristopher
"Merde and Spit: A Current Look at Theatre Superstitions in Utah"; Customary Lore and Behavior--theatre superstitions with annotation and analysis; (Informants associated with) Pioneer Memorial Theatre, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Topham, Trisha
"A Folklore Portrait of Two Southern Utah Towns"; Human Condition--Mormon settlement; Oral Tradition--etiological stories; stories about dry-weather, mining, hardships; Paragonah and Kanab, Utah.
VanDenBerghe, Paul
"Children's Joke Telling"--The author relates jokes told by various children ages 4 to 10 one on one and in a group and discusses motivations and implications of each. Includes tape transcription.
Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette).
Van Fleet, Kristine
"My Mother the Quilter"--The author interviews her mother who does hand-quilting. Techniques, patterns, and quilting groups are discussed as well as care of quilts, new and antique. Salt Lake City, Utah (3 cassettes).
Walkingshaw, Carolyn
"The Folk Art of Quilting"; Material Culture--interviews with contemporary quilters. Comparisons with past and present techniques; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wall, Tyler
"'Why?'...The Ever Changing Student...'Because'"; Oral Traditions and Customary Lore and Behavior of college students; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wittwer, Sherri D.
"The Folklore of Danish Immigrants"; Includes Oral (lullabyes, proverbs, verses) and Customary Belief and Lore; Utah.
Woolley, Mark Jason
"Excuses, Excuses--A Study in Student Lying"--The author interviewed students regarding lying/making excuses to family, friends, professors, and employers. He also supplied written surveys on the subject. Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette).
Chaffee, Becky A.
"The Idaho Riddle Joke and Its Relation to Other Ethnic Riddle Jokes"; Oral Tradition--jokes An analysis of riddle jokes told about Idaho and Idahoans as compared with Polack jokes and BYU coed jokes. Includes an appendix of Idaho jokes heard on Utah radio station 99 KCPX in 1985; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Felt, Jim
"Salt Lake Gang Graffiti"; Material Culture--drawings, lettering, and wall-painting; Oral Tradition--names, sayings; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos).
Frame, Lisa A.
"Lullabies"--Discussion of lullaby use and variety of songs selected as sung by the author's mother at sleep and chat times. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Gentry, Don
"Folklore Term Project"; Examples of Oral Tradition (train racing), Customary Lore and Behavior (the 'bird-dance' performed at Snowbird's Octoberfest), and Material Culture (joke Air Mail mailbox); Salt Lake City, Utah.
Payne, Steven H.
"Folklore Term Project"; Customary Lore and Behavior--game to predict future, Indonesian dance and music, alter boys wearing tennis shoes, balletdancer, modern dance legend attributed to Martha Graham; Oral Tradition--phrase 'to play your cards right' family Thanksgiving story, proverb, hunter's legend; Material Culture--Indonesian sarong, wagon wheel gates; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos).
Schmidt, John
"The Humor-Culture Gap and German Wit"--The author uses nonsense humor, stupid humor, puns, word-games, and coarse humor to illustrate his view that German wit is compatible with American humor.
Sparks, Anita
"Folk Cures of Greek-Americans"; Customary Lore and Behavior--'cupping,' 'winding-up,' use of olive oil, healing skills, Evil Eye; (Informants in) Price, Magna, and Salt Lake City, Utah.