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Stinson Keg Transport Tradition

Title: Stinson Keg Transport Tradition

Informant info: Jack Stinson was born and raised in Hanover, NH. He runs his family’s beer store Stinson’s Village.

Type of lore: Customary, tradition

Language: English

Country of Origin: United States

Social / Cultural Context: Jack Stinson was interviewed inside his store.  He has experienced the revelries associated with Homecoming for the last few decades.

Item: There used to be a tradition of hiring football and hockey players to transport kegs for Jack during homecoming weekend. Jack would pay these athletes, and they would bring the heavy kegs to the Greek houses for their parties during homecoming. This tradition ended with new college restrictions on kegs.

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Transcript (if verbal lore): N/A

Informant’s comments: Jack also recounted how the evolution of kegs to cans has occurred at Dartmouth. He told us about how the rate of alcohol consumption on campus has dropped with the evolution of cans.

Collector’s comments: The informant seems to remember the story very fondly.

Tags/Keywords: homecoming, kegs, drinking, stinsons