Homecoming Food and Clothing

  1. Homecoming Food and Clothing
  2. Informant Data: Laura Sim is a 23-year-old, female, senior (‘16) who attends Dartmouth College. She was born in Southern California, but she now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire during the school year.
  3. Type of lore: Material; Genre: ritual
  4. Language: English
  5. Country of Origin: US
  6. Contextual Data: Laura Sim is a senior at Dartmouth College and has participated in homecoming during each of her years on campus.
  7. Item: Every year during homecoming, the school provides hot cider and donuts in front of Collis for students and former students to drink and eat while they watch the bonfire. Students also wear sweaters and t-shirts with their class years on them.
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  9. Informant’s comments: No comment; she simply stated that this is a tradition of many and seemed very happy about it
  10. Collector’s comments: The hot cider and donut ritual helps bond the Dartmouth community through food. The wearing of clothing with students’ class year on it helps the Dartmouth community to identify which grade everyone is in, who has participated in the bonfire before, and it also helps bond the individual classes year after year. These rituals serve to unify the community.
  11. Ritual, food, clothing

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