Title: Don’t Step on the D in the Locker Room

Informant Info: Rivers Cahee -19, born and raised in Lafayette, La. Current Freshmen on the Dartmouth Football team

Type of Lore: Superstition

Language: English

Country of Origin: United States

Social/Cultural Context: In the football locker room, in the center, there is a D on the carpet that is not to be stepped on. If you step on it, it is considered bad luck, and the only way to change the bad luck was to get down on your hands and knees to kiss it.

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Collector’s Comments: This was one of the most common forms of folklore we saw between the sports teams, as not stepping on the D in the locker room occurs within a number of teams.