"Folklore Collection"; Oral Tradition--nickname,rhymes; Customary Behavior--games, pet birthday; Material Culture--quilt of old dress materials, mailbox, lawn furniture, lamp craft; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos).

"Would You Like to Dance? or What M&M's, Cute Doggies, and Shootings Have in Common"; Customary Belief and Lore--creative ways to ask for and accept/reject dates among predominantly Mormon high school and college students; Salt Lake City, Utah (questionaires, 4 cassettes).

"The Great American Snipe Hunt"--The author traces the possible lineage of ths prank and also speculates that two well-known phrases, "left holding the bag" and "wild goose chase" originated with the snipe hunt; Salt Lake County, Utah.

"An Analysis of Marine Corps Running Cadences"--The Marine Corps running cadences are treated as Oral Tradition by the author in his use of examples and analysis of variations; (Interviews in) Park City, Utah (includes cadences, poems).

"Jokes About Men"; Oral Tradition--jokes. Some commentary and a list of jokes.

"Lake Powell Experiences: Bare Skin, Boots, and Booze"--Personal experience narratives told by students vacationing at Lake Powell and analysis based on personal values of participants; Salt Lake City, Utah (l cassette).

"La Llorona: The Weeping Woman"--In a discussion of this story of jealousy, infanticide, and remorse, the author includes several variations beginning with one associated with Cortez and concluding with a variation told by a local informant; Southwestern United States.

"Down in the Dumpster: Modern Military Folklore"; Oral Tradition--cadences, pranks, jokes; Customary Lore and Behavior--superstitions; Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Personal Stories--Examples of Folklore"--Author describes life in a small south-eastern Utah town through interviews with his father and uncle about their childhood; Notom, Utah.

"The Legend of Annalee Skarin"--The author's great aunt, Annalee Skarin, wrote Ye Are Gods which describes her belief that one need not die but can be "translated" to the immortal state. Interviews with family members and Skarin's daughter; Salt Lake City, Utah.

"River Running Folklore"; Oral Tradition--three stories and variants of them: one involving friends running the Snake River, one of how Skull Rapid got its name, one involving legendary Georgie Clark; (Informants in) Salt Lake City, Utah (l mini cassette).

"What It Would Be Like If I Could Skate"; Human Condition-sports: skateboarding; Material Culture--clothing, boards; Oral Tradition--terminology; The author gives a brief history of skateboarding and interviews three active participants in the sport. Some tape transcription; Salt Lake City, Utah (2 mini cassettes).

"The Boy Scouts More Than Just Campfire Stories"--The author has interviewed two scouts and one scout leader who agree that games are more important to scouts today than stories; Bountiful, Utah.

"Personal Experience Narratives of a World War II Fighter Pilot"--In writing about the experiences of his grandfather the author has made note of personal values he perceived his grandfather was attempting to pass on as well as commentary on his grandfather's storytelling technique; Murray, Utah (2 casettes).

"Meaningful Haunted House Stories"; Customary Lore and Behavior--ghost stories collected from informants associated with the Capitol Theater, a prison, a house, a condominium; Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Missionary Folklore: A Rite of Passage"; Human Condition: occupation--Mormon missionary; Oral Tradition--terminology; 'leaving the boundaries' stories; food stories. In his summary the author writes "The event of exchange, rather than the stories themselves...creates the bond of belonging"; Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Teen Pranks"; Oral Tradition--pranks; The informants relate various pranks they knew of or were participants in during high school and also college years; Utah, Idaho, and Pennsylvania (1 cassette).

"Quilting"--Members of Johnston's quilting class talk about their interest in quilting; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos).

"'Don't Squeeze that Pigeen!' The Folklore of Falconry"--Customary Behavior and Lore and Material Culture associated with three falconers in Northern Utah including such aspects as building the perch, making hoods, naming the birds, and the personal beliefs and conduct of individual falconers; Salt Lake City and Logan, Utah.

"Stories of Conformity and Non-Conformity in Matrilineal Folklore"-- Stories of four generations of women told to the fifth generation describe daily living in Yampa, Colorado and Utah; (Interview in) Salt Lake City, Utah (3 cassettes).