Town Legends
Briarmont's town legends: the two knocks on a harbor piling before boarding in fog, and the old survey stake Oakridge students lay a hand on before finals. Neither tale has been proven.
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Knock TwiceKnock Twice
In fog, people at the harbor knock before they step aboard. You pick a piling at the edge of the floats, rap it twice with your knuckles and listen.
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Last StakeLast Stake
At orientation, in the week before finals and again on commencement day, older students tell this one on the main campus walk, usually to someone who has read the plaque and asked.