Secret Greek Parties

  1. Secret Greek Parties
  2. Informant Data: Darnell Marescot is a 20-year-old, male, sophomore (’18) who attends Dartmouth College. He was born in Elmont, New York, and he now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire during the school year.
  3. Type of lore: Customary/Verbal; Genre: Ritual/Myth
  4. Language: English
  5. Country of Origin: US
  6. Contextual Data: Darnell Marescot attends Dartmouth College, and during his freshman homecoming he heard all about secret Greek parties from other freshmen students and upperclassmen.
  7. Item: There are supposedly very exclusive Greek parties on campus, and only people who receive an invite can attend. Rumor has it that no one knows what is going to happen at these secret parties; they simply show up and expect to experience something abnormal.
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  9. Informant’s comments: it’s something cool that the Greek system does.
  10. Collector’s comments: There are Greek parties during homecoming; this is a ritual. However, the events that take place are exaggerated to create this mystery about Dartmouth homecoming. Dartmouth homecoming and traditions are often compared to a cult, so people feel in stories that help fit this tale, and secret, elusive parties are simply one of those stories that help continue this image of Dartmouth homecoming.
  11. Ritual, myth, secret parties

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