Our Hungarian Teammate

Title: Our Hungarian Teammate

General Information About Item:

  • Collected folklore, Superstition
  • Language: Hungarian translated to English
  • Country of Origin: Hungary
  • Informant: Lotti Odnoga
  • Date Collected: 11/8/19

Informant Data:

  • Lotti is a sophomore at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Lotti is from in Gyor, Hungary where she lives with her parents and her older and younger brothers. Lotti plays on the Women’s Ice Hockey team at Dartmouth and also for the Hungarian National team during her off terms.

Contextual Data:

  • Social: Lotti has been apart of many different team throughout her life. Hockey has always been something that connected her to the people around her. Lotti moved to the U.S. for high school in an effort to play hockey in college here in the states. Hockey helped her meet many new people.
  • Cultural: Lotti has had the opportunity to play hockey both in her home country of Hungary and the United States. While playing hockey at a boarding school she was able to learn english and commit to play D1 hockey here at Dartmouth. Although, she plays here in the states for the majority of the year, she stays tied to her roots spending her springs playing in other countries with the Hungarian National team.

Item:

  • This is a saying that I collected from Lotti that she said is spoken in unison by her Hungarian team prior to every game. This saying has been broken down into four parts 1. hungarian 2. the phonetics 3. direct english translation and 4. the clear and concise spoken english translation.
  • 1. Mi vagyunk a Magyarok, Mi leszünk a bajnokok, Velünk van az erős lét, Jobban teszed hogyha félsz, Ez a sport a mindenünk, Álmunk, célunk, életünk, Igy a győztes nem vitás, Magyarország senki más
  • 2. Me vajoonk ah majarok, Me lezsoonk, ah bainocook, Valoonk von az eroosh late, yobun teszed hoyja fails, Ez ah sport ah mendenook, Almoonk, Celoonk, Ellatoonk, Egj ah geostash nem vitash, Majarorsag shenkey mash
  • 3. We are the Hungarians, We will be the champions, We have be the strength being, Better you do if scared, This is the sport the are everything, Our dream, Our destination, Our life, So the winner no questionable, Hungary no one else
  • 4. We are the Hungarians, We’ll be the champions, The strength and power is with us, It’s better for you if you run, This sport is our everything, Our life , Our mission, Our dream, So no doubt who’s gonna win tonight, No one else but Hungary.

Collectors Comments:

  • It was really interesting learning more about Lotti’s time with the Hungarian National team. It was really great to see her so passionate about their traditions compared to the rituals and traditions we have here at Dartmouth.

Collectors Name: Bailee Brekke

Tags/Keywords:

  • Superstitions
  • Collected Folklore
  • Spoken rituals
  • Pre-Game Rituals

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