Context:

My informant is a college student from Arizona and learned how to make this paper plane in elementary school from one of her classmates.

Text:

Take a loose-leaf piece of white paper and fold two corners of the top of the paper to the middle. Then fold the paper in half. Take one half and fold that in half again. Repeat to the other side. Now you have a simple paper airplane.

Analysis:

This is a common childhood craft that many children learn how to make when they are bored. People often learn different variations of the paper airplane. In this case, C learned how to make a simple version of the plane. Since this is such as simple craft, this piece of material folklore is easy to pass from person to person.