▁English ▁from ▁BY U . ▁His ▁friend ▁and ▁colle ague ▁Robert ▁Bla ir ▁suggested ▁that ▁he ▁study ▁fol kl ore ▁at ▁Indiana ▁University ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁good ▁reputation ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁U ral ic ▁fol kl ore ▁program . ▁At ▁first ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁fol kl ore ▁was ▁un enth us i astic , ▁but ▁he ▁soon ▁became ▁imm ers ed ▁in ▁his ▁studies . ▁Wilson ▁earned ▁a ▁National ▁Def ense ▁Language ▁Sch olar ship , ▁which ▁helped ▁fund ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁Indiana ▁University . ▁Under ▁the ▁scholar ship , ▁he ▁studied ▁Est onian ▁and ▁Finn ish . ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Wilson ▁received ▁a ▁Ful br ight ▁grant ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁the ▁cultural ▁history ▁of ▁Finland . ▁He ▁studied ▁in ▁the ▁library ▁of ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁Liter ature ▁Society , ▁taking ▁special ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁phil os opher ▁Johann ▁Gott fried ▁Her der ' s ▁idea ▁that ▁the ▁soul ▁of ▁a ▁culture ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁through ▁its ▁fol kl ore . ▁Richard ▁D ors on , ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁fol kl ore ▁studies ▁ ▁and ▁Wilson ' s ▁ment or , ▁approved ▁Wilson ' s ▁dis sert ation ▁topic , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁political ▁use ▁of ▁The ▁K ale val a ▁to ▁inst ill ▁national ism . ▁ ▁Felix ▁J . ▁O inas ▁cha ired ▁Wilson ' s ▁dis sert ation ▁committee . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁Wilson ▁res umed ▁teaching ▁at ▁BY U ▁and ▁developed ▁thy