| Show blue paint unpopular with deep sen sea sailors seafarers in general ue ire emphatic in their dislike of blue paint on a vessel it is a deep rooted belief with alth them that bad luck will follow those of tile the color twenty five years ogo ago tile the donna briggs a little three masted coasting schooner was a familiar caller at ports bet between wien nova nora scotia and Boston the men of the sen sea and ships declared that whenever she dropped anchor a storm fol followed lowid the schooners ners hull was blue 1 I 1 recall that a few years ago said bald a fulton market fish dealer awe we en bageda badeia gloucester skipper to go down to a blaine port end and bring brine back a schooner that had just been launched for us when he found they had painted the hatches blue he picked up his grip and started bacs for the rail road stat station loa new york times |
