Dartmouth Folklore Archive
local and world folklore collected by students in Russian 13
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Fall 2019
Dartmouth Ski Patrol Folklore
Childhood Tales Across Cultures
Hand Gestures Across Cultures
Weather Superstitions Across Cultures
Frisbee and Swim Team Folklore
Dartmouth Soccer Team Folklore
Domino’s Pizza Folklore
Thru Hiker Folklore
Firefighters Folklore
Dartmouth Women’s Hockey Team Folklore
Spring 2019
Memes
Hand Games
Evil Spirits
Freshman Fall Traditions
Performance Superstitions
Pre-Game Rituals in Athletics
Sports Folklore
Drinking Games
International Drinking Games
Professors and Drinking Games
Spring 2019 Section 2
Climbing Folklore S19
Christmas Folklore S19
Card Games Folklore S19
Engineering Jokes Folklore S19
Childhood Backyard Games S19
Wedding Folklore S19
Dartmouth Landmarks Folklore S19
Farmers Folklore S19
Chinese Zodiac Folklore S19
Wedding Folklore S19
Fall 2018
Initiation Rituals
Proverbs
Gestures
Superstitions
Tongue Twisters
Jokes
Winter 2018
African Drumming Folklore (W18)
Nursery Rhymes (W18)
Dartmouth Slang (W18)
Test Taking Folklore (W18)
Lacrosse Folklore (W18)
Moonshine Folklore (W18)
Disneyland/Disney World folklore (W18)
American wedding folklore (W18)
Symphonic Cello Folklore (W18)
Lucky and Unlucky Numbers Folklore (W18)
Aye-aye folklore (W18)
18W Upper Valley Hiking Folklore
Dartmouth Women’s Ice Hockey Pre-Game Rituals (18W)
Dartmouth Swim Folklore (W18)
Folklore of Dartmouth FO+M (W18)
Lacrosse Folklore (W18)
Fall 2017
Christmas Folklore of the Families of Students in the Dartmouth Community
Computer Programmer Folklore
Computer Science and Engineering Lingo
Dartmouth Corporate Recruiting Folklore
Dartmouth DOC First Year Trips Folklore
Dartmouth Memes
Dartmouth Performance Group Rituals
Dartmouth Student Fashion
Epitaphs on Tombstones (Hanover, Upper Valley area)
European-American Immigrant Folklore
Greek Superstitions
Hawaiian Legends and Superstitions
Indian Holidays: Myths and Customs
Light-Weight Rowing (D150) Folklore
Long Distance Backpackers Folklore
Dartmouth Students Exam Superstitions
Student Superstitions: Asian vs American
Fall 2016
Childhood Folklore and Lullabies
Corporate Recruiting Folklore
Dartmouth Football Folklore (Football)
Dartmouth Freshmen Folklore
Dartmouth Water Sports Folklore
DRFC/Rugby Folklore
Dartmouth Figure Skating Club Folklore
Greek Fraternity and Sorority Lore
Horror Folklore (Scary Stories)
Italian Wedding Folklore
Military/War Folklore
Pakistani Superstitions Folklore
Programmer Folklore (Jokes, Riddles)
Spring 2016
AD Folklore
Competitive Swimming Folklore
Dartmouth Homecoming Folklore
Dartmouth Review Folklore
DDS Folklore
DOC Folklore
Folklore From Families With Children With Special Needs
Greek Life Folklore
New Orleans Slang and Folklore
Relationships At Dartmouth Folklore
Rock Climber Folklore
S&S Folklore
Dartmouth Challenges Folklore
United States Veterans and Military Folklore
The Last Roll Call
Spring 2020
Rock climbing traditions
Slenderman
AI Memes
Traditions and Rituals of American Sports Fans
Southern Superstitions
Coronavirus Folklore
Dartmouth Greek Life: Rush Folklore
Dartmouth Sports Traditions
Nursery Rhymes
Indigenous Plant and Animal Origin Myths
Verbal Lore
Ballads
Chants
Charms
Cheers
Curses
Epics
Folk Speech
Folktales
Greetings
Insults
Jokes
Legends
Lyrics
Myths
Oaths
Proverbs
Retorts
Rhymes
Riddles
Taunts
Toasts
Tongue-Twisters
Other
Customary Lore
Celebrations
Dances
Games
Gestures
Medical Practices
Music
Pranks
Rituals
Superstitions
Other
Material Lore
Barns
Costumes
Fences
Food
Houses
Tools
Other
Toys
Tombstones
Knock on Wood (2)
Fall 2020
“Gumby”
“Choss Goggles”
LSU Football and Basketball Ritual
The Lucky 5K
“Yo Te Dare”
Purse on Ground
“Smile Not a Mile”
“Sending It/ Sendy”
“Rope Catch Beer Tradition”
“Flash”
Cal Game Day
Don’t Step on Rope
Hang Dog
German Folklore from Utah, Florida, and Minnesota
Lucky Number Superstitions Across Cultures
La Cucaracha – The Cockroach
Top Management
“Living the Dream”
Wishful Thinking
Informants 31-40
Informants 41-50
Gator Game/Gator Ball
Chinese Lunar Year Birthdays
Mexican 15th (1)
Mexican 15th (2)
The Amsterdam Pancake
Introduction to Knighthood – England’s 21st
The Scary Scotts
Israeli 100th
INFORMANTS 61-70
Olympic Heartbreak
Missed by a Little
The Watergate Scandal
Taiwanese Children’s Various Tag Games: “Traffic Light”, “Big White Shark”, “Zombie Tag”, “Hide-and-seek Tag”
Out of Ideas
test
Will you be my Wingman?
Freshman Fall Traditions at Dartmouth
Time to Debug
Dartmouth Slang
Forget About It
Superstitions/Customs surrounding tests
KT
Pre-xc/track meet traditions/superstitions
Almost the 21st Century
Pregame Sports superstitions/rituals
Instructions for uploading folklore collections
Macs Suck
football locker room traditions
Afternoon Coffee
In One Ear and Out the Other
Now Don’t Forget!
Slaps
Rock Paper Scissors
Slap Slap Draw
Superstitions/Customs surrounding tests
