Title: Cornell Superstitions – Izzy Daniels
General Information about Item:
- Customary Lore, Magic Superstition
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States
- Informant: Izzy Daniels
- Date Collected: 11/15/21
Informant Data:
- Izzy Daniels is a female athlete at Cornell and is in the class of 2024. She is from Edina, MN and has lived there her whole life. She is currently living in Ithaca, NY and is playing for the women’s ice hockey team. She is involved in many things on campus and loves spending time with her teammates.
Contextual Data:
- Cultural Context: The cultural context is that many teams pass down superstitions from one class year to the next.
- Social Context: The social context is being in a small group of people participating in the same action of wearing the bracelet.
- The magic substances in these superstitions are the bracelets.
Item:
- These items are customary types of folklore under the genre of magic superstition. Izzy wears the bracelet with her teammates before and during each home game.
Transcript:
- “Every other year three seniors hand down special bracelets to three juniors on the team. I received one this year along with my three closest friends and we have to wear them for each game or we will not play well. This has been going on for as long as I can remember.”
Informant’s Comments:
- Izzy adopted these superstitions from teammates before her who she was friends with, and now does these things with two of her closest friends on the team.
Collector’s Comments:
- I think it is very unique that a group of three people has the opportunity to wear these bracelets each year, and it is a superstition that is passed on to new teammates every other year that helps players gain confidence in their new teams and feel connected to the people that came before them.
Collector’s Name: Currie Putrah