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Volleyball Pregame Chant
Title: Pregame Chant
Informant info: Sarah Lindquist – 19 years old, female, born and raised in Mercer Island, Washington, Danielle Glinka – 20 years old, female, born and raised from Orlando, Florida
Type of Lore: Verbal, Lyrics
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: Before every game, the volleyball team gathers in the locker room where the two captains lead them in a very specific chant, which all the girls know by heart.
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Collector’s Comments: This was the most in depth we form of folklore that we could find, especially one that we could get a reenactment of.
Volleyball Superstitions
Title: Superstitions
Informant Data: Sarah Lindquist – 19 years old, female, born and raised in Mercer Island, Washington, Danielle Glinka – 20 years old, female, born and raised from Orlando, Florida
Type of Lore: Customary, Superstitions
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: The volleyball team has many superstitions, such as wearing special clothing items to games, like certain undershirts or spandex. In addition, each girl has a certain routine they go through during a serve, and they feel that if they don’t do this exact routine every time, they won’t be able to hit a good serve.
Women’s Volleyball Families
Title: Families
Informant Info: Sarah Lindquist – 19 years old, female, born and raised in Mercer Island, Washington, Danielle Glinka – 20 years old, female, born and raised from Orlando, Florida
Type of Lore: Customary, Ritual
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: Every year, when the freshmen volleyball players arrive on campus, they are placed into families by the older girls. These families consist of girls on the team, with each family having a few girls from each class. These families are meant to make the new freshmen more comfortable and give them a sense of belonging. The families compete in various events and games throughout the year to try and determine what family is the best.
Collector’s Comments: This was a type of folklore that was definitely not seen in any other teams. This is a very interesting way to try and build team chemistry and team bonding.
Women’s Volleyball Contagious Magic
Title: Energy Through Contact
Informant Data: Sarah Lindquist – 19 years old, female, born and raised in Mercer Island, Washington, Danielle Glinka – 20 years old, female, born and raised from Orlando, Florida
Type of Lore: Customary, Contagious Magic
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: The volleyball team at Dartmouth strongly believes in energy through contact. So, whenever someone makes a good play or is playing well in a game, every one will try and touch them to get their good energy, allowing them to play well too.
Informant’s Comments: Informant stated that “this is why you see us touch each other’s butts all the time.”
Women’s Hockey Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash
Title: Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash
Informant Data: Tess Bracken, 19 years old, from Winnipeg, Canada, Freshmen on the Dartmouth Women’s Hockey Team
Type of Lore: Customary, Ritual
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: Every year, as soon as the freshmen get on campus, they are required to buy shampoo, conditioner, and body wash for the entire team. They are required to do this throughout the season until the new freshmen arrive on campus. It is important to that they get the best shampoo and conditioner possible.
Informant’s Comments: Informant stressed that “we had to buy the best types of shampoo and conditioner, otherwise they wouldn’t take it and we would have to go to the store and buy better stuff.”
Women’s Hockey Superstition
Title: Women’s Hockey Superstition
Informant Info: Tess Bracken, 19 years old, from Winnipeg, Canada, Freshmen on the Dartmouth Women’s Hockey Team
Type of Lore: Superstition
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: The two major superstitions the women’s hockey team has is first, don’t step on the D in the locker room, and also, every year, the team designates someone to carry a certain ball with them to every game, home and away, and before a game they will take turns holding the ball, and while holding the ball, you will say how you are going to help the team win in that game.
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Collector’s Comments: There is similarities here between the superstitions the women’s hockey team has and football, as they both don’t step on the D in the locker room, and also with women’s soccer, as they both kick a ball around before games.
Women’s Soccer Superstitions
Title: Superstitions within the soccer team
Informant Data: Lindsay Knutson, Female, 20, from Wilton, Connecticut, Sophomore Women’s Soccer Player
Type of Lore: Superstition
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: There are a few different forms of superstitions between girls on the team. Two of the major ones are first, that when they are putting on their socks, shin guards and cleats, most girls put the left sock, cleat, and shinguard on first, and then the right sock, shin guard and cleat. In addition, before games they always play the same three songs.
Collector’s Comments: Another case of a certain team having distinct superstitions that are not common within other sports teams on campus.
Women’s Soccer Locker Room for Senior Night
Title: Decorating the Locker Room for Senior Night
Informant Info: Lindsay Knutson, Female, 20, from Wilton, Connecticut, Sophomore Women’s Soccer Player
Type of Lore: Customary, Ritual
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: Before the Senior Night every season, the current freshmen will decorate the locker room and specifically the seniors lockers before the game, as a way to congratulate them for everything and to say thank you for the season, as usually Senior Night is the last home game of the year.
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Women’s Soccer Smacking Goals
Title: Smacking Goals on Wall
Informant Info: Lindsay Knutson, Female, 20, from Wilton, Connecticut, Sophomore Women’s Soccer Player
Type of Lore: Material, Ritual
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Social/Cultural Context: In their locker room, they have goals posted on the walls, with goals for their season, goals for that week, and goals for that game. When it is time to run out of the locker room, they all slap the goals on the wall as a reminder for what they are trying to accomplish.
Collector’s Comments: One of the more different forms of folklore we ran into during this project. Very interesting way to motivate a team and remind them of what they are trying to accomplish in a season.