Title: The Woods

General Information about Item:

• Verbal Folklore: Material
• English
• United States of America

Informant Data:

• Name: Buddy Teevens
  • Dartmouth YG: 1979
  • Residence: Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Years of experience coaching: 26 years
  • Current position: Head Coach of Dartmouth Football

Contextual Data:

• Cultural Context:
  • This is part of a “Dartmouth” spirit which the football team has created. Dartmouth athletes have a respect for the resilience that the woods offer as a setting for sporting events.
• Social Context:
  • The woods are meant to be respected by the players and be a source of motivation to stick to their values as athletes and people.

Item:

Material:

• The woods are a place of meaning for the players, and a source of motivation to stick to their values of resilience and toughness as athletes and people.

Transcript of Associated File:

Coach Teevens: But still the idea of “we’re from the woods”. And that’s something that’s creeped in, the granite of New Hampshire, the muscles and the brains, we’ve kind of said hey where are we? From a recruiting standpoint whats the negative? Well you’re in the middle of no place. Let’s spin that into something that’s a positive. We’re in the middle of no place, the frost, the woods, the lovely dark and deep, its uh kind of ominous

Collector’s Name: Kristen Maiorano

Tags/Keywords:

Verbal Folklore, material, football, woods