Greeting Handshake amongst brothers

• Informant info
  • Junior Fraternity member at Dartmouth College
• Type of lore (verbal, material or customary), Genre, Subgenre
  • Customary
• Language
  • English
• Country of Origin
  • United States
• Social / Cultural Context
  • This handshake is done at meetings, all fraternity events, and when brothers see each other around campus
• Informant’s comments
  • The handshake is relatively easy to perform. The handshake is 4 fingers over, and the pinky under. We learn this handshake during the initiation ceremony and it continues as a tradition amongst brothers even after college.
• Collector’s comments
  • The fraternity is key anonymous in order to protect the fraternity and the informant