"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Collection 2: Overall Description: In this collection, Wayne Morden discusses how he put together college fraternity and sorority songs that could be considered to be “folk songs of a nature.” Morden talks about how these songs are passed down orally, Continue Reading …
Folk Song Contributor: Clune McDermott Informant: Susie Connors Date of Text: July 6, 1969 I love, love; Love a Chi O, I always will in my dreams and thoughts, Always because a Chi O always will. Context: The informant first Continue Reading …
Item 3: “Fxck Censorship” Collector’s name: Oliver Evans Collector’s location: Nicks English Hut in Bloomington Indiana Date collected: 1968 Genre/ subgenre: Political Graffiti (This is a recreation of the graffito, in the original collection.)
Item 6 Folk Song Contributor: Clune McDermott Informant: Pam Collins Date of Text: July 2, 1969 Ring a ling, ling, ling; blow it out your ass; Ring a ling, ling, ling; blow it out your ass; Ring a ling, ling, Continue Reading …