Keg Jumping

 

Winter Carnival Keg Jumping

keg jumping

  • 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
    • Banned tradition of fraternity
  • Informant’s comments
    • It was a tradition of our fraternity to have a keg jumping contest every winter carnival. Empty kegs would be lined up in the lawn and people would put on ice skates and a jump would be created to see who could jump the farthest. This was banned prior to my arriving at Dartmouth, but is a story that is always shared when joining the fraternity and is a defining story of our fraternity.
  • Collector’s comments
    • The fraternity is kept anonymous in order to protect the fraternity and the informant.

 

 

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