"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
Collected from Barb Scherer by Linda Morgan in 1968. This is one of a series of interviews collected by Linda Morgan in the late 60’s about “The Black Lady of Stepp Cemetery.” These interviews have been heavily edited for grammatical Continue Reading …
The Bee Movie Script The Bee Movie is an animated children’s movie released in 2007 whose script was resurrected on the Internet in the mid-2010s, plaguing users on both Facebook and Tumblr. The copypasta typically appears in two forms. At Continue Reading …
The Copypasta Meta On November 8th of 2020, Tumblr user violetsandshrikes responded to an ask from an anonymous user revolving around jokes about a popular character pairing of two characters from the show Supernatural known as Destiel. The user assumed Continue Reading …
Interview with Purdue Student Interview was collected from Purdue Senior Trent, 21. Trent has lived in Indiana for his entire life and has attended Purdue for his whole undergraduate career. Interview was conducted via Zoom. Full interview: Selected quotations “The Continue Reading …
Collected from an article written by Natalie Huffine, an IU student from at least 3 years ago. The article was written for The Tab, a tabloid-style publication tailored to college students. This particular branch of The Tab is written by Continue Reading …
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do more look like? This copypasta originated on 4chan’s video game boards in response to a video showcasing The Conduit, a game for the Nintendo Wii. Continue Reading …
Interview with IU Student 2 Interview was collected from IU Senior Taryn, age 22. Taryn is an out-of-state student attending IU, and she has attended IU for her entire undergraduate career. Interview was conducted in living room of apartment, with Continue Reading …
Interview with IU Student 1 Interview was collected from IU Senior AJ Boyd, 22. AJ is a tour guide for IU and has been involved in IU’s Intensive Freshman Seminar (IFS) program all four years of her undergraduate experience. She Continue Reading …
Collected from Larry Williams, an 18-year-old native of Central Indiana. The interview was collected outside at night with one other person besides the collector present. The tale was originally learned on a hayride around Stepp Cemetery along with a collection Continue Reading …
Collected from Sandy Greesby, a 22-year-old female who lives near Stepp Cemetery. The interview transcribed below was conducted in the informant’s house by Lorne Aubin and published in 1983. Accessed from https://f351jmcd.sitehost.iu.edu/legends.html#l2.[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]Text: The second text is Continue Reading …